Patent ID: 6817107
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
Batter board apparatus for use in building construction, said apparatus comprising:first and second sleeve members hingedly connected and adapted to slidingly receive first ends of first and second elongated board members, respectively, for hinged movement between parallel positions adjacent each other and positions mutually perpendicular to each other, said first and second sleeve members being provided at said hinged connection with a common tubular member the axis of which is perpendicular to said hinged movement; third and fourth sleeve members adapted to receive second ends of said first and second elongated boards, respectively, each of said third and fourth sleeve members being provided with a tubular member the axis of which would be perpendicular to said elongated board members when engaging said third and fourth sleeve members, and three rod members, one for each of said tubular members, which may be driven into the ground and of which are engageable with a respective one of said tubular members to support said apparatus and said first and second elongated board members in a generally L-shaped disposition substantially horizontal to the ground.