Patent ID: 7219440

Claim:
A lay-out tool comprised of a generally planar base having a top side and a bottom side, at least one rectilinear edge portion, and a wall on said top side of said base, upstanding from the general plane thereof, for disengageably mounting a tape measure in such position that the blade of the tape measure, when extended, traverses said rectilinear edge portion to enable measurement of distances therebeyond, said upstanding wall being disposed substantially in a plane lying perpendicular to both said general plane and also said rectilinear edge portion of said base and having an upper marginal portion that is indented to engage the clip of a mounted tape measure against forward displacement in the direction of said rectilinear edge portion, said base also having an inclined surface disposed to provide underlying support for the case of a tape measure so mounted and serving to tilt the case slightly downwardly in the forward direction.