Patent ID: 7426789

Claim:
A measuring apparatus for measuring an object, the measuring apparatus comprising: a base member including a portion having a medial cavity, and a point locator defined by a passageway formed through an end portion thereof; an extendible member that slidably engages the medial cavity of said base member, said extendible member comprising a medial member having a mid point indicator defined by an elongate medial passageway, and a point locator defined by a passageway formed through an end portion thereof, and a pair of opposing flexible members connected to the medial member, each one of the pair of opposing flexible members having point locators defined by passageways formed through end portions thereof; an intersection member connected to the point locators on the pair of opposing flexible members; and a plurality of sets of measurement marks carried by at least one of said base member and said extendible member relating to a predetermined measurement of the object to be measured.