Patent ID: 9234733
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G01B

Claim Text:
1. A framing layout assembly for quickly determining and marking the framing layout on a member, said assembly comprising: a housing being positionable proximate the member; a tape operationally coupled to said housing such that said tape is configured to be extendable from said housing, said tape having indicia printed thereon such that said indicia indicates distance, said tape having a tape hole extending therethrough; a guide operationally coupled to said housing such that said tape extends through said guide; a stop operationally coupled to said housing, said stop being extendable through said hole in said tape such that said tape is retained at a pre-determined distance; a jig operationally coupled to said housing, said jig being positionable on the member such that a user marks the member at the pre-determined distance; said guide being elongated between a back end and a front end of said guide; said guide curving upwardly from a middle of said guide toward each of a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge of said guide such that said guide has a U-shaped cross section taken perpendicular to a line extending between said first and second ends of said guide.