Patent ID: 6230413
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B25H,E04F

Abstract:
A tool for marking diagonal miter cut locations on molding strips of a jamb, such as a window jamb, doorjamb, and the like and for spacing the molding strips a distance from the edge of the jamb, the molding strips being mountable over the jamb, comprising:a base having parallel, spaced-apart first and second surfaces, the spacing between the first and second surfaces corresponding to the distance between the molding strips and the edge of the jamb;the base further including parallel, spaced-apart third and fourth surfaces, the spacing between the third and fourth surfaces corresponding to the distance between the molding strips and the edge of the jamb, wherein the parallel, spaced-apart first and second surfaces are orthogonal to the parallel, spaced-apart third and fourth surfaces; andmeans attached to the second surface for marking the miter cut location on the molding strips, and in operation, the first surface is positionable against the edge of the jamb such that the means can contact and mark a molding strip perpendicularly mounted on the jamb relative to the tool.