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US 10,173,335 · App. 15/072,752 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Level cutting device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,173,335
App. No.
15/072,752
Filed
Mar 17, 2016
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Examiner
DONG, LIANG
Art Unit
3724
USPC
83/449
Abstract

A cutting device is provided. The cutting device has a body which forms the structure of the device. A slot is formed by the body along the length of its bottom face. The slot is inset as a channel along the length of the bottom face, extending from front to back of the body. A cutting blade spans the channel at a distance above the bottom face and below a top of the channel. In a method of use, a material may be positioned in the slot, and the body may be drawn across the material (or material drawn through slot). The blade may then cut the material as it passes through the channel.

Claims (14)

1. A method of cutting a shower door strip using a shower door strip cutting device comprising the steps of:

positioning the shower door strip into a slot of the shower door strip cutting device, the shower door strip cutting device comprising: a rectangular body;

the slot formed by the body along a length of a bottom face of the body, the slot being a depression along the length of the bottom face and extending from a front end of the body to a back end of the body;

a plurality of openings defined by an one side of the body, each of the plurality of openings providing access to the slot from the one side of the body at a different height and being bounded on an entire length of each of sides, top, and bottom, such that each of the plurality of openings is bounded by the body, wherein each opening is sized to allow at least a portion of a cutting blade to pass through the opening into the slot;

wherein the cutting blade fits at least partially within the slot; the shower door strip comprising a protrusion and at least one flange extending from at least one side of the protrusion;

wherein the step of positioning the shower door strip comprises positioning the protrusion of the shower door strip into the slot, having the at least one flange abutting the bottom face of the body;

removably positioning the cutting blade in one of the plurality of openings; urging the blade against the protrusion of the shower door strip to engage the blade with the protrusion, the urging being one of a drawing the body in a direction towards the shower door strip, and drawing the shower door strip towards the body;

cutting the protrusion by the step of urging the blade against the protrusion; and

removing the body from the shower door strip after the cutting step.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of removing the blade from the opening after the cutting step.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the bottom face is flat.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of removably positioning the cutting blade in the opening such that the blade forms an acute angle with respect to an outer face of the one side of the body.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the shower door strip comprises two flanges.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the slot is formed having straight sided left and right sides such that the slot defines a rectangular cross section.