Portable cutting device

Claim 1

A PORTABLE SAW FOR PERFORMING WORK AT A PLACE ON A PIECE OF FELLED TIMBER, SAID PLACE BEING LOCATED AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM AN END OF SAID TIMBER AND COMPRISING; A FRAME, A SAW SUPPORTED BY THE FRAME AND POSITIONED TO CUT THROUGH THE TIMBER, MEASURING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SAID FRAME FOR MEASURING THE SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AND COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE MEASURING MEMBER COILABLE WITHIN A HOUSING SECURED TO SAID FRAME, MEANS FOR BIASING SAID MEMBER INTO COIL CONFIGURATION WITH SAID HOUSING AND PERMITTING SAID MEMBER TO BE EXTENDED FROM SAID HOUSING, HOOK MEANS SECURED TO AN END OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER FOR ENGAGING AN END OF THE TIMBER, RELEASABLE POSITIONING MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF SAID HOOK MEANS, SAID RELEASABLE POSITIONING MEANS COMPRISING A FRICTIONAL CATCH HAVING AT LEAST A FIRST POSITION WHEREAT THE HOOK ENGAGES THE END OF THE TIMBER, AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREAT THE HOOL IS DISENGAGED FROM SAID END OF THE TIMBER, THE CATCH BEING MOVABLE FROM THE SAID FIRST POSITION TO THE SAID SECOND POSITION BY THE APPLICATION OF A FORCE URGING THE FLEXIBLE MEMBER TOWARDS THE HOUSING, AND A MEASURING INDICIA ON SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER TO INDICATE THE SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SAW AND THE END OF THE TIMBER TO WHICH THE HOOK MEANS IS SECURED.