Patent ID: 6393715
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A length measuring device comprising:an adjustable length arm, said arm being a telescoping arm, said arm having first portion and a second portion, said first and second portions each having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first arm being slidably received in said second end of said second arm; and a pair of marking members, each of said marking members being coupled to one of said ends of the arm, each of the marking members comprising a block, each of said blocks having a front surface, a first end and a second end, said first and second ends being opposite ends, each of said first ends forming a pointed edge; a gripping means for grasping by the hand of a user, said gripping means comprising an upstanding member being fixedly coupled to said arm; and said upstanding member of said gripping means having first and second ends, said upstanding member having an L-shape, said first end of said upstanding member being fixedly coupled to said second portion, said second end of said upstanding member extending toward said second end of said first portion; a securing assembly for releasably securing a position of said portions of said arm with respect to each other, said securing assembly comprising: a plurality of bores formed in said first portion of said arm, said bores being located along a length of said first portion of said arm; and at least one securing bore formed in said second portion of said arm in a manner such that said securing bore is selectively axially alignable with one of said plurality of bores in said first portion of said arm; and at least one fastener removably mounted on said securing bore and being selectively extendable through one of said plurality of bores in said second portion for selectively fixing a distance between said marking members; wherein said arm has a generally rectangular shaped cross-section, said arm being elongate, said arm having a first through a fourth side, said first and second sides being opposing sides, said third and fourth sides being opposing sides; wherein said arm has a retracted length approximately equal to fourteen inches, said arm having an extended length no greater than approximately twenty-four inches; wherein a pair of said securing bores is formed in said second portion of said arm, each of said bores being located generally adjacent to said second end of said second portion; a plurality of number indicia for indicating a selected distance between said marking members, each of said number indicia being located generally adjacent to one of said bores in said first portion of said arm.