US 12,257,662 B2
Locking accessory for woodworking support
Andrew Klein, Parker, CO (US)
Assigned to Magswitch Automation Company, Superior, CO (US)
Filed by Magswitch Technology, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,672.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,067, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066083 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B23Q 3/06 (2006.01); B23Q 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 3/069 (2013.01) [B23Q 3/005 (2013.01); B23Q 3/06 (2013.01); B23Q 2703/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for a woodworking support having a support surface and a guide recess, the accessory comprising:
a body adapted to be supported on the support surface of the woodworking support, the body having a bottom side and a top side, the top side being opposite the bottom side;
a first lock adapted to be positioned in the guide recess of the woodworking support, the first lock having an unlocked arrangement having a first width and a locked arrangement having a second width, the second width being greater than the first width;
a second lock adapted to positioned in the guide recess of the woodworking support, the second lock having an unlocked arrangement having a third width and a locked arrangement having a fourth width, the fourth width being greater than the third width; and
a mechanical actuator having an operator input positionable in a first position wherein the first lock is in the unlocked arrangement having the first width and the second lock is in the unlocked arrangement having the third width and a second position wherein the first lock is in the locked arrangement having the second width and the second lock is in the locked arrangement having the fourth width;
wherein the mechanical actuator includes a base, a first coupler coupling the first lock to the base at a first location, a second coupler coupling the second lock to the base at a second location, and a cam member rotatably coupled to the base at a third location, the third location being between the first location and the second location.