Miter clamp

Claim 1

A clamp for a miter square of a table saw or the like for engaging the leading edge of a workpiece comprising, a base having a downwardly extending plug for rotatably securing the base to the miter square, said base having two upstanding flanges with bores therein for receiving a pin perpendicular to said flanges, a first spanning arm having a plurality of spaced bores along the length thereof with a base end bore near the one end of the first spanning arm, said spanning arm rotatably secured by a pin through said base bore and the bores in the base flanges, a short riser arm having openings near each end thereof, said short riser arm rotatably held to the base by the same pin that holds the first spanning arm rotatably thereto, a second spanning arm substantially identical to the first, said second spanning arm rotatably secured to the end of the short riser arm away from the base by a pin passing through bores in the ends of each, an elongate upstanding gripper arm having a handle at one end and a shoe at the other with a plurality of bores therebetween, said gripper arm rotatably secured to the first and second spanning arm by a pair of removable pins placed in a selectable pair of bores on the gripper arm and in selectable bores in each spanning arm whereby pressing the handle in a direction along the spanning arms and away from the base advances the miter square while forcing the shoe against the workpiece thus clamping the workpiece against the miter square.