Patent ID: 11959741
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 0:
1. A device that measures where to cut a metal roofing panel to fit it along a valley in the roof structure comprising:
(a) a base with a proximal end and a distal end, having a length in between said ends and having a width and a depth;
(b) a pointer arm with a proximal end and a distal end, having a length in between said proximal and distal ends that is substantially equal to the width of the metal roofing panel and having a width and depth and two substantially flat sides that are separated by said depth, with the proximal end of said pointer arm being attached to the proximal end of said base at a right angle, such that when said base is placed, with its proximal end down, along the last rib at the leading edge of the last installed metal roofing panel at a point on said rib at which the distal end of said pointer arm touches a chalk line located a distance from the vertex of the valley, the distance from the top of said last rib of said last installed metal roofing panel to the proximal end of said base can be measured; and
(c) a plurality of spacers attached to said sides of said pointer arm, said spacers equally increasing the thickness of said pointer arm on both sides of said pointer arm so as to hold the pointer arm parallel to a surface of the roof when said base is placed along the last rib at the leading edge of the last installed metal roofing panel.