Guide for a motorized circular handsaw

Claim 1

Guide means for guiding a saw along a workpiece, the saw having a slide plate with an edge surface thereon which is parallel to the saw line of the saw, said guide means including: a guide member having a workpiece engaging surface and at least one guiding abutment surface against which the edge surface of the saw slide plate can slide and be guided, said guide member being shaped to define a longitudinal channel therewithin, a pair of clamp members for retaining said guide member in the desired guiding position on the workpiece, said members each having an end portion adapted to slidingly engage said guide member channel and to be retained thereby, a resilient member adapted to frictionally and forcibly engage the workpiece on the opposite side thereof from said guide member workpiece engaging surface, and means forming a connection between said end portion and said resilient member of said clamp member, said means forming a connection between said end portion and said resilient member including a body portion, said end portion forming one end thereof, a lever arm including means to retain said resilient member thereon, pivot means connecting said body portion and said lever arm, and means to retain said lever arm in desired positions with respect to any body portion, said means to retain said lever arm in desired positions with respect to said body portion including a lock lever having first frictional means thereon, lock lever pivot means which pivotally restrain said lock lever to said body portion, and second frictional means on said lever arm in position to be selectively engaged with said first frictional means to enable said lock lever to jam said lever arm in position with its resilient member engaged with the workpiece.