US 12,246,419 B2
Mitre joint support
Thomas Hodgson, Bunbury (AU); and Riley Hodgson, Bunbury (AU)
Assigned to Tomm Tech Pty Ltd, Bunbury (AU)
Filed by Tomm Tech Pty Ltd, Bunbury (AU)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,097.
Application 17/973,097 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/052,169, granted, now 11,511,394, previously published as PCT/AU2019/050418, filed on May 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901554 (AU), filed on May 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043688 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B25B 5/00 (2006.01); B25B 5/06 (2006.01); B25B 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 5/068 (2013.01) [B25B 5/142 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support for a mitre joint, the support having a central region, the support having a first arm extending away from the central region in a first direction and a second arm extending away from the central region in a second direction, the second direction being angled with respect to the first direction by a given angle;
each of the first arm and the second arm having:
(d) a fixed portion oriented generally in the respective first or second direction; the fixed portion having an outer surface, and having an inner surface opposed to the outer surface and inclined relative to the respective first or second direction at an inclination angle;
(e) a moveable portion arranged to move generally in the respective first or second direction, the moveable portion having an outer surface opposed to an inner surface, the inner surface being inclined relative to the outer surface at the inclination angle; and
(f) an adjustment mechanism arranged to move the moveable portion;
wherein the inner surface of the moveable portion is arranged to abut the inner surface of the fixed portion, with the outer surface of the moveable portion being generally aligned in the respective first or second direction;
the support having a first continuous outer surface incorporating the outer surface of the fixed portion of the first arm, and a second continuous outer surface incorporating the outer surface of the second arm;
the central region having a first pressing face, the first pressing face extending between the first continuous outer surface and the second continuous outer surface, the first pressing face being angled with respect to the first direction by a pressing angle which is less than the given angle.