US Patent Issued on Sept. 30 for "Pushblock with compressible heel" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,691, issued on Sept. 30.

"Pushblock with compressible heel" was invented by Henry Wang (Winter Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A woodworking pushblock (100), having: a body (102); a handle (104) disposed atop the body, and at least one pad (106) secured to an underside (108) of the body. The pad comprises a first end (132A), a second end (132B), a central region (134) disposed therebetween, and at least one compressible heel (130A, 130B) including a heel bottom surface (130BS). In an uncompressed state the at least one heel protrudes downward past the central region. The at least one compressible heel is configured such...