Patent ID: 7677283

Claim:
An apparatus for use in removably securing a preselected tool to a workbench, said apparatus comprising: (a) a base plate member engageable with and permanently secured to said workbench, said base plate member having a substantially flat base portion; (b) a first pair of radially opposed sides extending upwardly from said substantially flat base portion; (c) a groove disposed longitudinally along an outer surface of each of said first pair of radially opposed sides; (d) a tool mounting plate member having a substantially flat top portion; (e) a second pair of radially opposed sides extending downwardly from said substantially flat top portion; (f) a projection longitudinally disposed along an inner surface of each of said second pair of sides on said tool mounting plate member for interlocking engagement with a respective one of said grooves disposed on said first pair of radially opposed sides of said base plate member; and (g) means for each of allowing said tool mounting plate member to be securely engaged with said base plate member during use of a tool and for allowing removal of said tool mounting plate member from said base plate member after such use of such tool is engageable with said base plate member and said tool mounting plate member, said means includes a cam lock pivotably disposed on said first pair of radially opposed sides closely adjacent an end thereof.