Patent ID: 8296959

Claim:
A wrap-around pipe cutting template for marking a cutting line on a pipe having a particular diameter and a corresponding circumference for cutting the pipe in preparation for connection to another pipe employing at least one particular connection type and at least one particular angle of connection, said template comprising: a flexible magnetic sheet having a front surface and a rear magnetized surface for retaining said sheet on the pipe; said sheet having a pair of straight side edges parallel to each other and defining a width of said sheet, the width of said sheet corresponding to the diameter of the pipe such that, during use when said sheet is wrapped around the pipe, said side edges abut; and said sheet additionally having a pair of opposed end edges, at least one of said end edges not being straight but contoured to serve as a guide for marking the pipe with a curved cutting line corresponding to the pipe diameter, the at least one particular connection type, and the at least one particular angle of connection.