Patent ID: 7159586

Claim:
A portable cutting apparatus comprising: (a) a frame that includes first and second side members disposed in parallel, spaced apart relation, first, second and third cross-members of substantially the same length, the first, second and third cross-members disposed in spaced, parallel relation to one another, each of the cross-members connected in generally perpendicular relation to the first and second side members, and a cantilever member secured to the third cross-member at a middle portion of the third cross-member, the first and second cross-members cooperating with portions of the first and second side members to define a base, the third cross-member being disposed a predetermined distance from the base; (b) a motor secured at a distal portion of the cantilever member; (c) a cutting blade operatively associated with the motor; and (d) a moveable tray disposed on the base for holding an object so that the blade may cut the object, wherein the first, second and third cross-members are tubular.