Patent ID: 7003891

Claim:
A miter apparatus for guiding a predetermined path of cut along a surface of a workpiece, the apparatus comprising: a base element having an angled element configured to fit in predetermined alignment against a corner joining the surface of the workpiece, so that the base element is thereby in predetermined alignment with the workpiece surface; a guide member pivotably mounted on the base element and movable to a plurality of selectable alignments with respect to the base element; a first bearing surface defined by the guide member and operative to guide a path of cut with respect to the surface of the workpiece, so that each selectable alignment of the guide member relative to the base element places the bearing surface at a different predetermined path of cut with respect to the surface of the workpiece; and an element protruding outwardly from the guide member in substantially upright relation to the guide member and to the surface of the workpiece against which the base element is aligned, the protruding element having a second bearing surface in coplanar alignment with the first bearing surface defined by the guide member, so that the coplanar first and second bearing surfaces define the predetermined path of cut with respect to the workpiece surface.