Patent ID: 8695468

Claim:
A locking assembly for a power miter saw of the type which has a base and a table that is rotatably mounted on the base about a center pivot axis, comprising: an arcuate recess having a pair of opposing arcuate surfaces formed in said base, said recess being spaced from and being concentric with a center pivot axis; a clamp having a pair of contact surfaces attached to said table for respectively engaging said pair of arcuate surfaces to lock the table from rotating relative to the base by applying a clamping force to said arcuate surfaces and not to the center pivot axis; and an actuating mechanism for operating said clamp, wherein said clamp has two clamping surfaces, each of which engage one of said arcuate surfaces when said clamp locks the table to the base, and wherein said clamping surfaces comprise a first clamping surface on a first jaw and a second clamping surface on a second jaw, said first and second jaws being movable in a generally radial direction relative to said arcuate surfaces and said pivot axis.