Patent ID: 6971184
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: A47G,G01C

Abstract:
1. A wall fastener locating and marking tool for aiding in the location and placement on walls of planar articles having wall fastener hardware, said apparatus comprising: a vertical member having an upper end, a lower end, a front side, a back side, and a longitudinal axis; a horizontal bar attached to said vertical member proximate said upper end and having a front side and a back side, a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said vertical member, and further including leveling means; a handle portion connected to and disposed from said upper end of said vertical member and extending outwardly from said front side, such that it is disposed over the top of the planar article when in use; and a marking tool assembly releasably connected to said vertical member and slidable along said longitudinal axis of said vertical member, said marking tool assembly including a marking tool having a tip and retention means; whereby when said apparatus is in use, the planar article is suspended by its wall fastener hardware by said retention means and is disposed between said handle portion and said front side of said vertical member.