Patent ID: 6901681

Claim:
A siding gauge comprising: an elongate slide bar, said slide bar being substantially a parallelepiped having a lower end, an upper end, a first side, a second side, a first face, a second face, and a stepped slot formed along the length of said slide bar, said stepped slot passing through the first face and the second face, said stepped slot having a stepped portion formed alone the length of the first face and a stepped portion formed along the length of the second face, wherein said slide bar is devoid of projections therefrom; a stop block, said stop block being substantially a parallelepiped having a lower end, an upper end, a first face, a second face, and two sides, said first face having a raised tenon disposed the length thereof, said tenon adapted to slidably engage said stepped slot, said lower end, said upper end, said second face and said two sides being devoid of any projections therefrom, the width of said stop block being substantially equal to the width of said slide bar, and the length of said stop block being less than that of said slide bar; a fastener having a shank and a broad head, wherein said shank passes through said stepped slot and engages said raised tenon of said stop block, said broad head engages said stepped slot and is entrapped therein when said shank engages said stop block, and said broad head is fully contained within said stepped slot when fully engaging said stop block; and a storage retainer for receiving an L-shaped hexagonal key, said storage retainer comprises a groove in one of said first side and said second side of said slide bar, and a hole in the bottom of said groove, said hole adapted to receive the shorter end of said key.