Patent ID: 6138369
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
An improved leveling device for facilitating the leveling of a wall object such as a picture frame or a mirror, the wall object having at least one obscured portion when mounted on a wall which obscures at least a portion of the leveling device, the leveling device comprising:the wall object;an extensible housing having a first end, a second end, a first position, and a second position, the extensible housing being attached to the obscured portion of the wall object; and,a level indicator disposed about the second end of the extensible housing for indicating a position of the wall object relative to a known second object; wherein the extensible housing is obscured by the wall object in the extensible housing's first position and at least a portion of the extensible housing is not obscured by the wall object in the extensible housing's second position.