Patent ID: 7223044

Claim:
A frame miter guide for placement at a mitered joint of frame members, the miter guide comprising: a planar body and a first leg and a second leg in the same plane as the planar body, the first leg and second leg being perpendicular, each of the legs configured to fit within a frame member, each leg having at least one flange configured to face and contact an interior surface of a frame member into which it is inserted, the at least one flange located at an edge of the leg and perpendicular to the plane of the leg, a stop located proximate to an intersection of the legs, the stop having a first stop edge on the first leg positioned to face an edge of a wall of a first frame member, and a second stop edge on the second leg positioned to face an edge of a wall of a second frame member, the legs and stop edges defining an angular orientation of the first and second frame members when the walls of the respective frame members are engaged with the legs of the miter guide and the edges of the walls are in contact with the stop edges, wherein the first and second legs are of different lengths and the flanges of the first and second legs are of different lengths, wherein the stop is located proximate to ends of the flanges of the legs and wherein the stop edges are perpendicular to each other, the body further comprising a recessed area between the flange of each of the legs and the stop, and a fracture line between the legs of the guide.