United States Patent (19) 11) Patent Number: 4,487,403 Burge (45) Date of Patent: Dec
United States Patent (19) 11) Patent Number: 4,487,403 Burge (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 11, 1984 (54) BENCH MOUNTED WORKPIECE (56) References Cited CLAMPNG STRAIGHTEDGE U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,457,492 6/1923 Bloodgood ......................... 83/471.3 76 Inventor: Russell W. Burge, 21 140 Covina Hills 1,590,918 6/1926 Tindell ....... ... 29/25 Rd., Covina, Calif. 91724 2,308,996 1/1943 Miller .................................. 269/221 2,871,896 2/1959 Markwell ............................ 269/221 2,926,387 3/1960 Lombardo et al. ................. 269/221 2,942,633 6/1960 King ...................... ... 83/574 (21) Appl. No.: 411,602 3,389,724 6/1968 Paul ... ... 83/745 3,971,552 7/1976 Mayfield ............................. 269/902 (22) Filed: Aug. 26, 1982 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 1052166 l/1954 France .................................. 29/251 Related U.S. Application Data Primary Examiner-Robert C. Watson 63 Continuation of Ser. No. 175,292, Aug. 4, 1980, aban Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Boniard I. Brown doned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 970,559, 57 ABSTRACT Dec. 18, 1978, abandoned. A bench mounted workpiece clamping straightedge to be used in conjunction with portable electric tools such (51) Int. Cl. ................................................ B25B 3/00 as saws, routers and etc. or manual hand held cutting 52 U.S. Cl. .......................................... 269/2; 269/93; tools wherein a relatively vertically movable straight 269/208; 269/221 edge is utilized to clamp a workpiece firmly and pres 58) Field of Search .............. 83/522, 574, 581, 471.3, enting a straightedge with which to guide cutting tools 83/743, 745, 486.1; 29/251; 269/1, 2, 221-223, across and or through said workpiece.
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