Patent ID: 7086171
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. A multi-functional template for locating the placement of multiple types of vents for an HVAC system, the placement being either within a first surface adjacent to a perpendicular second surface with the first and second surfaces converging at a line or in a ceiling along a roof truss structure, said template comprising: a body defining a first set of parallel edges and a second set of parallel edges perpendicular to the first set of parallel edges, said body defining a rectangular aperture having a given size being disposed at a predetermined position within said body to locate the placement of the vent relative to said first set of parallel edges, wherein said predetermined position is defined so that said rectangular aperture is positioned closer to one edge of said first set of parallel edges, said body defining a plurality of adjustment apertures spaced from the rectangular aperture for defining a location of a vent having a longitudinally or latitudinally shorter or longer size than the given size of the rectangular aperture; a beveled lip disposed at each of said edges of said first set of parallel edges, said beveled lips allowing said body to be positionable on the first surface while one of said beveled lips is pressed against the second surface, so that said rectangular aperture and said adjustment apertures are useable to define a location of the vent for the HVAC system on the first surface spaced from the line according to said predetermined position; and a plurality of truss marking apertures disposed along one of said first parallel edges adjacent the respective beveled lip, each of the truss marking apertures defining a distance from the second parallel edges to thereby define respective locations of a ceiling vent for the HVAC system.