Patent ID: 7310888

Claim:
A masonry story pole with braces, which comprises: a.) an elongated vertical pole member for corner positioning to set horizontal lines for bricklaying, said pole member having a bottom end, a top end, and a working area between said top end and said bottom end; b.) a bottom support bracket connected to said bottom end of said pole member, said bottom support bracket including bottom attachment means for attachment to at least one of a horizontal surface and a vertical surface; c.) at least one working area bracket connected to said working area of said pole member, said at least one working area bracket having at least two brace connection members connected thereto; d.) said at least two brace connection members, each of said brace connection members having rotation means for rotation about a vertical axis and having rotation means for rotation about a horizontal axis; e.) at least two braces, each said brace being rotatably connected to one of said at least two brace connection members, and extending downwardly therefrom so as to be positioned away from said pole member to provide adjustable angle brace positioning, each of said at least two braces having brace attachment means for attachment to at least one of a horizontal surface and a vertical surface.