Patent ID: 6678961
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: B44D

Abstract:
A combined chalk line and articulated level device comprising:a base unit including a base member having an enlarged vertical mounting face, a chalk line dispensing member fixedly secured to said enlarged vertical mounting face and provided with a quantity of chalk line having a free end adapted to be releasably connected to a vertical surface; and, an articulated level unit including a bubble level member pivotally disposed on the vertical mounting face and provided with means for maintaining a portion of the chalk line in a parallel orientation with the longitudinal axis of the bubble level member: wherein, the bubble level member is further provided with a support plate element that is pivotally associated with the vertical mounting face of the base member; and, the support plate element has a forward end provided with an outwardly projecting horizontal finger element adapted to engage a portion of the chalk line; and wherein, the vertical mounting faces of the base, member is provided with an outwardly projecting hollow axle element and the support plate element is provided with a rearwardly extending hollow tubular extension element that is dimensioned to be received in the hollow axle element.