Patent ID: 7042555

Claim:
A pipe measuring setup for a first pipe assembly and a second pipe assembly; wherein the first pipe assembly includes a first outer diameter, first exposed threads at a first end, and a first threaded coupling at a first coupling end; and the second pipe assembly includes a second outer diameter, a second exposed threads at a second end, and a second threaded coupling at a second coupling end, the pipe measuring setup comprising: a laser reference member and a target reference member selectively placed at opposite ends of the first pipe assembly and opposite ends of the second pipe assembly, wherein at least one of the laser reference member and the target reference member selectively engages the first exposed threads and the second exposed threads, and at least one of the laser reference member and the target reference member selectively engages the first threaded coupling end and the second threaded coupling; a handheld laser frame coupled to the laser reference member and adapted to selectively engage the first pipe assembly and the second pipe assembly, wherein the position of the laser reference member relative to the handheld laser frame is adjustable to vary the extent to which the laser reference member protrudes from the handheld laser frame; a laser device supported by the handheld laser frame and selectively providing a laser beam, wherein the handheld laser frame upon being placed up against the first pipe assembly helps aim the laser device in a first direction that is substantially parallel to the first pipe assembly, and upon being placed up against the second pipe assembly helps aim the laser device in a second direction that is substantially parallel to the second pipe assembly; a handheld target surface coupled to the target reference member and selectively moveable to the first pipe assembly and the second pipe assembly to face the laser device, thereby enabling the laser device to collect a first length reading of the first pipe assembly and a second length reading of the second pipe assembly; and a memory incorporated in the laser device and thereby supported by the handheld laser frame, wherein the memory stores the first length reading and the second length reading.