IP Library Granted Patent US 11,865,625
Granted Patent B2
US 11,865,625 · App. 17/170,455 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Pocket hole jig

Inventors: Thomas Evatt (Six Mile, SC); Clinton C. Thackery (Clemson, SC)
Assignee: TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
B23B47/287B23B2247/10B23B2247/12
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Patent No.
US 11,865,625
App. No.
17/170,455
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pocket hole jig includes a body with a base surface positionable against a workpiece, and a drill guide pivotally coupled to the body. The drill guide defines a guide axis such that a drill bit is insertable into the drill guide along the guide axis. The drill guide is pivotable relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface.

Claims (34)

1. A pocket hole jig comprising:

a body including a base surface positionable against a workpiece

a gimbal pivotally coupled to the body and including an aperture; and

a drill guide at least partially received within the aperture, the drill guide defining a guide axis such that a drill bit is insertable into the drill guide along the guide axis; and

a post extending from an outer surface of the drill guide,

wherein the drill guide is pivotable with the gimbal relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface,

wherein the body includes an arcuate slot, and wherein post extends from the drill guide to be received in the arcuate slot.

2. The pocket hole jig of claim 1 , wherein the slot includes a plurality of recesses, and wherein each of the recesses is configured to receive the post to retain the drill guide in one of a plurality of angular orientations.

3. The pocket hole jig of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of angular orientations corresponds with a different workpiece thickness.

4. The pocket hole jig of claim 3 , wherein one of the body or the drill guide includes an indicator, and the other of the body or the drill guide includes indicia representing the plurality of different workpiece thicknesses.

5. The pocket hole jig of claim 2 , wherein the post is biased into engagement with the recesses.

6. A pocket hole jig comprising:

a body including a base surface positionable against a workpiece and an arcuate slot; and

a drill guide pivotally coupled to the body and including a post extending into the arcuate slot, the drill guide defining a guide axis such that a drill bit is insertable into the drill guide along the guide axis,

wherein the drill guide is pivotable relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface,

wherein the post is movable along the slot when the drill guide is pivoted relative to the body, and

wherein the slot includes a plurality of recesses corresponding to a plurality of discrete inclination angles of the guide axis relative to the base surface, and

wherein the plurality of recesses form a continuous undulating surface.

7. The pocket hole jig of claim 6 , wherein each of the recesses is configured to receive the post to retain the drill guide in one of a plurality of angular orientations.

8. The pocket hole jig of claim 6 , wherein one of the body or the drill guide includes an indicator, and the other of the body or the drill guide includes indicia representing a plurality of different workpiece thicknesses.

9. The pocket hole jig of claim 8 , wherein the indicator and the indicia are calibrated such that aligning the indicator with a selected one of the indicia places the drill guide in a proper angular orientation for drilling a pocket hole in a workpiece having a thickness corresponding with the selected one of the indicia.

10. The pocket hole jig of claim 9 , wherein the indicator is coupled to the drill guide, and wherein the indicia are located on the body.

11. The pocket hole jig of claim 9 , further comprising a gimbal pivotally coupled to the body and including an aperture, wherein the drill guide is at least partially received within the aperture such that the drill guide and the gimbal are pivotable together relative to the body.

12. A pocket hole jig comprising:

a body including a base surface positionable against a workpiece and an arcuate slot; and

a drill guide pivotally coupled to the body, the drill guide defining a guide axis such that a drill bit is insertable into the drill guide along the guide axis,

wherein the drill guide is pivotable relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface,

wherein one of the body or the drill guide includes an indicator,

wherein the other of the body or the drill guide includes unit of length indicia representing a plurality of different workpiece thicknesses,

wherein the pocket hole jig further comprises a gimbal pivotally coupled to the body and including an aperture, wherein the drill guide is at least partially received within the aperture such that the drill guide and the gimbal are pivotable together relative to the body, and

wherein the indicator and the indicia are calibrated such that aligning the indicator with a selected one of the indicia places the drill guide in a proper angular orientation for drilling a pocket hole in a workpiece having a thickness corresponding with the selected one of the indicia.

13. The pocket hole jig of claim 12 , wherein the body is configured to be clamped to the workpiece.

14. The pocket hole jig of claim 12 , wherein the gimbal includes posts, and the body includes recesses in which the posts are received to pivotally couple the gimbal to the body.

15. The pocket hole jig of claim 14 , wherein the indicator is coupled to the drill guide, and wherein the indicia are located on the body.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 055259 FRAME: 0204. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. Recorded Sep 11, 2023
From: TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
To: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
Reel/Frame 064868/0219 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: EVATT, THOMAS; THACKERY, CLINTON C.
To: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055185/0511 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
To: TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055259/0044 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
To: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
Reel/Frame 055259/0199 →
Continuity (3)
Division 16161158 · Oct 16, 2018
Provisional Application 62573128 · Oct 16, 2017
Related Publication 20210162515A1 · Jun 3, 2021
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