Patent ID: 7735237

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting a sliding caliper near a planar metal surface, the apparatus adapted to be secured to the planar metal surface without a clamp or a screw, the apparatus comprising: a caliper mount adapted for mounting a sliding caliper, wherein the caliper has a fixed jaw attached to a scale bar, a movable frame and movable jaw mounted for sliding along the scale bar, and a depth probe mounted within a slot of the scale bar; the caliper mount having a shallow channel for receiving the scale bar of the caliper, the channel having a width of approximately five-eighths of an inch and extending longitudinally between opposite edges of the caliper mount; a retainer adapted to releasably secure the scale bar of the caliper within the channel of the caliper mount; and a magnet associated with the caliper mount and having a flat exposed surface operable to secure the apparatus to a planar metal surface.