Patent ID: 7044694

Claim:
A router bit comprising: a shaft having a diameter and a length and being adapted to be received within a bore of a chuck of a rotary tool such that the entire length of the shaft is received within the bore; a body formed integrally with the shaft; and having a first end disposed proximate the shaft and a second end disposed remote from the shaft; said first end of the body having a diameter greater than the diameter of the shaft; and wherein the first end of the body includes a face that abuts an outer surface of the chuck when the shaft is received within the bore of the chuck; at least one unobstructed channel formed in the body; said channel originating proximate the second end of the body and terminating in the face of the first end of the body; at least one cutter blade mounted on the body adjacent the channel and terminating a spaced distance inwardly away from the face; said at least one cutter blade being adapted to cut a profile into a workpiece; whereby material cut from the workpiece is at least partially removed through the channel.