Patent ID: 7770298

Claim:
A level, comprising: a frame including a gauging surface and a web defining an end, wherein the web lies in a plane and extends at an angle relative to the gauging surface, and wherein the web includes a recess adjacent the end; an end member including web-receiving structure within which the end of the web is received upon movement of the end member toward the web in a direction along the plane of the web, wherein the end member includes an engagement portion having an opening, wherein the engagement portion of the end member overlaps the web inwardly of the end of the web, and wherein the web recess and the opening in the engagement portion of the end member are in alignment with each other when the end of the web is received within the web-receiving structure; and a retainer member that is engaged within the opening in the engagement portion of the end member and within the web recess when engaged within the opening in the engagement portion of the end member, wherein the retainer member is moved into engagement within the web recess and into the opening in the engagement portion of the end member by lateral movement of the retainer member in a direction transverse to the plane of the web, wherein the retainer member, the opening in the engagement portion of the end member, and the web recess include mating engagement structure that is configured such that engagement of the retainer member within the web recess and the opening in the engagement portion of the end member maintains the end member in engagement with the web against an axial force applied to the end member in a direction along the plane of the web.