Patent ID: 7509754

Claim:
A caliper comprising: a first leg including a first end and a second end having a first abutting portion, with the first leg further including a first slot between the first and second ends thereof and with the first leg further including a first scale; a second leg including a first end pivotably connected to the first end of the first leg, with the second leg further including a second end having a second abutting portion, with the first and second abutting portion of the first and second legs being adapted to abut against two opposite sides of an object to be gauged by the caliper, and with the second leg further including a second slot; and an indicator slideably received in the first and second slots of the first and second legs, with the indicator including a first indicating portion, with the indicator being movable along the first and second slots to move the first and second abutting portions toward each other until the first and second abutting portions respectively abut against the two opposite sides of the object to be gauged, and with the first indicating portion pointing to the first scale to indicate a size of the object.