Patent ID: 8256125
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B25H,B43L,G01B

Abstract:
1. A layout tool that can be slipped over retractable tape measures for measuring and marking lines at a specific distance and angle from the ends of a work piece to a front face comprising: a generally planar base with a top side, a bottom side and front face; an abutment wall perpendicular to said front face and said base plane, adjacent to proximal end of said front face where the intersection point of said front face and the inside edge of said abutment wall form the zero point for both angular and linear measurements wherein said abutment wall extends above said base top side and below said base bottom side approximately an equal amount to allow sliding said abutment wall along either the left or right side of said work piece by turning said layout tool over while maintaining said front face as towards said end of said work piece; a tape measure retaining slot formed with a top wall parallel to said base extending away from said abutment wall above said base a distance sufficient to allow the thickest tape measure intended for use with said layout tool to slide freely through said retaining slot wherein said top wall is of sufficient width that allows the widest tape measure intended for use with said layout tool to slide freely between said abutment wall and an inside wall that depends from said top wall to said base where base is open under said top wall except in the center where a slide bridge extension of said base connects to said abutment wall and said top wall has an opening above and sufficiently wider than said slide bridge section of said base to allow feeding said retractable tape measure up from said base bottom side, over said slide bridge and back down under a centering wall wherein said centering wall extends from past said slide bridge out to said front face.