Patent ID: 8863397

Claim:
A gauge for measuring the thickness of both vinyl siding and roof shingles comprising: a main body having a relatively thin thickness, a bottom edge, a top edge, and first and second side edges; a roof shingle measuring slot open to the first side edge and extending therefrom across the main body towards the second side edge and terminating short of the second side edge at a first terminating point; the roofing shingle measuring slot being wider at the first side edge than at the terminating point and wherein the width of the roofing shingle measuring slot progressively decreases from the first side edge to the first terminating point; indicia provided along and adjacent the roofing shingle measuring slot indicating the width of the roofing shingle measuring slot whereby the thickness of a sample roofing shingle is determined at a point in the roofing shingle measuring slot that is sufficiently thin to prevent the sample roofing shingle from passing; a vinyl siding measuring slot for measuring the thickness of a sample of vinyl siding extending across the main body of the gauge; the vinyl siding measuring slot extending parallel to the roofing shingle measuring slot; the vinyl siding measuring slot being open to the second side edge of the main body and extending therefrom across the main body towards the first side edge and terminating at a second terminating point short of the first side edge; wherein the thickness of the vinyl siding measuring slot progressively decreases from the second side edge to the second terminating point; and indicia provided along and adjacent the vinyl siding measuring slot indicating the thickness of the slot whereby the thickness of a sample piece of vinyl siding is determined at a point in the vinyl siding measuring slot that is sufficiently thin to prevent the sample vinyl siding from passing.