Patent ID: 7197833
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B25H,B43L,G01B

Abstract:
1. A tool for holding a right angle flat member having a first linear section and a second linear section extended at a right angle relative to the first section, said first and second linear sections having measuring indicia marked along the lengths thereof comprising: an elongated rectangular linear body having flat top and bottom surfaces, opposite linear side edges, a first end extended between the top and bottom surfaces, a second end extended between the top and bottom surfaces, a bridge extended between said top and bottom surfaces located halfway between said first and second ends, first and second portions located on opposite sides of an enclosed first rectangular slot in said body extended along the length of the body open to said side edges and located between the first end and the bridge for accommodating the first linear section of the right angle flat member, said first and second portions of the body having first longitudinal flat parallel inside walls on opposite sides of the first slot, third and fourth portions located on opposite sides of an enclosed second rectangular slot in said body extended along the length of the body open to said side edges and located between the second end and the bridge for accommodating the second linear section of the right angle flat member, said body having second longitudinal flat parallel inside walls on opposite sides of the second slot, said first and second slots having the same longitudinal length, linear measuring indicia marked on the length of the top surface of the body corresponding to the measure indicia on the right angle flat member, a first fastener mounted on the body in a fixed position spaced from the first linear section of the right angle flat member and extended normal through the middle of the first slot operable to clamp the first section of the right angle flat member in flat surface engagement with the first flat inside walls of said body, said first fastener comprising a first halt extended through a hole in the first portion of the body and middle of the first slot and threaded into a threaded hole in the second portion of the body, and a knob attached to the first bolt engagable with the top surface of the body whereby turning the first bolt with the knob clamps the first linear section of the right angle member between the first and second portions of the body, and a second fastener mounted on the body in a fixed position spaced from the second linear section of the right angle flat member and extended normal through the middle of the second slot operable to clamp the second section of the right angle flat member in flat surface engagement with the second inside walls of said body, said second fastener comprising a second bolt extended through a hole in the third portion of the body and middle of the second slot and threaded into a threaded hole in the fourth portion of the body, and a knob attached to the second bolt engageable with the top surface of the body whereby turning the second bolt with the knob clamps the second section of the right angle flat member between the third and fourth sections of the body thereby holding the right angle flat member on the body.