Patent ID: 7401416

Claim:
A system for measuring and cutting, comprising: a portable measuring unit, comprising: means for determining first distance data; a transmitter; and a measuring processor in data communication with said transmitter and said means for determining first distance data, said measuring processor having programming for actuating said transmitter to transmit said first distance data; a cutting unit, comprising: a saw; a receiver for receiving said first distance data transmitted from said transmitter; means for determining second distance data; an indicator; a cutting processor in data communication with said receiver, said means for determining second distance data, and said indicator; said processor having programming for actuating said indicator when said first distance data is equal to said second distance data; wherein said measuring unit further comprises a marking apparatus, said marking apparatus comprising: a marker cavity having an open lower end; a pushbutton operatively coupled to a flexible member, said flexible member having one end operatively coupled to a spring for compressing said spring when said pushbutton is pressed; a door having one end operatively coupled to said spring for movement between a closed configuration when said spring is extended and an open configuration when said spring is compressed; and a marker operatively coupled to said pushbutton, said marker being movable between an extended configuration when said pushbutton is pressed and said door is at said open configuration and a retracted configuration when said pushbutton is released and said door is at said closed configuration.