Patent ID: 6223445
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B25H,H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
A template tool for marking a location for the support of a remodel box next to corners or features protruding from a planar surface defined by a sheet of gypsum board, the remodel box having a pair of generally parallel sides spaced apart from one another at a distance ""w"", the location being on a section of gypsum board, the template tool comprising:a solid, rectangular planar base having a generally flat upper surface and a generally flat lower surface, the base terminating in a generally rectangular perimeter bounded by at least one pair of substantially parallel sides spaced at the distance ""w"", an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface being substantially flat; and an elongated level indicator, the elongated level indicator having a cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and a generally rounded perimeter cross-section normal to the longitudinal axis, elongated level indicator being mounted against the upper surface of the base in a manner that allows substantially all of the rounded perimeter cross-section of the elongated level indicator to protrude over the flat upper surface of the base, the elongated level indicator being mounted on the upper surface of the base in a substantially perpendicular orientation to the substantially parallel sides, so that the entire tool is bounded by the perimeter, and so that the elongated level indicator serves as a gripping handle to support the template tool immediately next to corners or features protruding from the planar surface defined by the sheet of gypsum board while a user marks or scores the surface of the gypsum board to mark the location of the edge of the aperture to be formed for supporting the electrical box.