Patent ID: 8495937

Claim:
A fence system for use on a power saw that has a flat top surface and a saw blade extending through an opening in the top surface, said fence system being configured for guiding and moving an object during a cutting operation through a cutting zone that includes the saw blade, said fence system comprising: an elongated fence configured to be secured on the flat top surface at various positions relative to the blade, said fence having at least one flat side wall portion against which said object can be positioned and moved along while said object is moved through the cutting zone; a support unit configured to ride on said fence and contact said object to move said object through the cutting zone, said unit comprising an ergonomically shaped hand pad, said unit being removably attached to said fence and being movable along the length thereof and a movable arm attached to said hand pad that is configured to extend downwardly to an elevation closely adjacent to the top surface, wherein said movable arm is configured to have a stem portion and a nose portion, said nose portion including a transverse first nose portion and a transverse second nose portion each extending outwardly from a first end of said stem portion, said movable arm having a pivot connection at a second end of said stem portion wherein said pivot connection defines a pivot axis, said first nose portion having a first pulling surface and a first pushing surface, wherein said first pulling surface is configured to be in contact with the object during the cutting operation and said second nose portion is configured to not be in contact with the object during the cutting operation.