Patent Document ID: 5477617
Application ID: 08355527
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A carpet measurement tool for allowing a user to measure distances on a floor plan and correlate these measured distances directly with carpet type, breadth, and yardage comprising, in combination: a rigid rectangular plate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a periphery interconnecting the upper surface with the periphery formed of a short top edge, a short bottom edge, a long left edge, and a long right edge, the upper surface further having a left section, a right section, and an intermediate section therebetween; the right section having a distance ruler with a set length disposed thereon and extended from the bottom edge to near the top edge at a location adjacent to the right edge, the distance ruler having fifty-four equally spaced primary tick marks disposed thereon, the first fifty-three primary tick marks bearing reference numbers from "1" to "53", respectively, with the last primary tick mark remaining unnumbered and with the spacing between consecutive primary tick marks being 1/4 inch, the distance ruler further having a plurality of equally spaced secondary tick marks thereon with each secondary tick mark centrally disposed between a pair of primary tick marks, each primary tick mark representing a true distance of 1 foot, each secondary tick mark representing a true distance of 1/2 foot, the distance ruler thus having a scaling wherein a measured distance of 1/4 inch thereon represents a true distance of 1 foot, the left section having a composite ruler disposed thereon and extended from near the top edge to the bottom edge at a location adjacent to the left edge, the composite ruler including a first, a second, a third, and a fourth sub-ruler positioned in a stacked relation, each sub-ruler aligned with and having the same scaling and length as the distance ruler, each sub-ruler additionally having a heading section followed by a measurement section, the heading section of the first sub-ruler bearing a label of "3/4" for indicating a first carpet type having a breadth of 27 inches and with the measurement section thereof having a plurality of equally spaced tick marks disposed thereon to thereby create a first set of twenty-four measuring bars, the measuring bars of the first set bearing identification numbers from "1" to "24", respectively, and with each measuring bar of the first set representing a true distance of 27 inches, the heading section of the second sub-ruler bearing the label of "9" for indicating a second carpet type having a breadth of 9 feet and with the measurement section thereof having a plurality of equally spaced tick marks disposed thereon to thereby create a second set of six measuring bars, each measuring bar of the second set bearing a label of "9 foot" and representing a true distance of 9 feet, the heading section of the third sub-ruler bearing a label of "12" for indicating a third carpet type having a breadth of 12 feet and with the measurement section thereof having a plurality of equally spaced tick marks disposed thereon to thereby create a third set of four measuring bars, each measuring bar of the third set bearing a label of "12 foot" and representing a true distance of 12 feet, the heading section of the fourth sub-ruler bearing a label of "15" for indicating a fourth carpet type having a breadth of 15 feet and with the measurement section thereof having a plurality of tick marks disposed thereon to thereby create a fourth set of three measuring bars, each measuring bar of the fourth set bearing a label of "15 foot" and representing a true distance of 15 feet, the intermediate section having a first major column, a second major column, a third major column, and a fourth major column with a first tick mark column located between the first and second major columns, a second tick mark column located between the second and third major columns, and a third tick mark column located between the third major column and the fourth major column, each tick mark column having the same scaling as the distance ruler and the composite ruler and aligned therewith, each tick mark column bearing a plurality of equally spaced tick marks thereon for measuring a distance corresponding with the distance ruler and the composite ruler and with the spacing between the tick marks representing a true distance of 1/2 foot, each major column further having an upper end located near the top edge and a lower end located at the lower edge, each major column including a heading section and a measurement section with each measurement section having the same scaling as the distance ruler and the measurement sections of the composite ruler and aligned therewith, each measurement section of each major column further having a plurality of equally spaced tick marks disposed thereon to thereby create a set of 18 measuring spaces and with each measuring space representing a true distance of 3 feet, the heading section of each major column having an upper portion and a lower portion with the lower portion of the first, second, and third major columns divided into two equally sized parts and with the lower portion of the fourth major column divided into six equally sized parts, the upper portion of the heading section of the first major column bearing a label of "15 foot" for indicating the first carpet type, the upper portion of the heading section of the second major column bearing a label of "12 foot" for indicating the second carpet type, the upper portion of the heading section of the third major column bearing a label of "9 foot" for indicating the third carpet type, and the upper portion of the heading section of the fourth major column bearing the label of "3/4 carpet" for indicating the fourth carpet type, the two parts of the heading sections of the first, second, and third major columns bearing the labels of "BREADTH 2" and "BREADTH 1", respectively, with each label indicating a number of breadths of the corresponding carpet type, the six parts of the heading section of the fourth major column bearing the labels of "BREADTH 6" through "BREADTH 1", respectively, with each label indicating a number of breadths of the fourth carpet type, each measurement section of the first, the second, and the third major columns divided into two equally sized minor columns with each minor column bearing a sequence of numbers thereon and with each number representing a number of square yards of the corresponding carpet type based upon a given breadth thereof cross-correlated with a measured distance provided from the distance ruler, the measurement section of the fourth major column divided into six equally sized minor columns with each minor column bearing a sequence of numbers theron and with each number representing a number of lineal yards of the fourth carpet type cross-correlated to a measured distance as provided from the distance ruler; a rigid rectangular backing having a length and width equal to that of the plate, the backing further having a top surface, a bottom surface, a periphery interconnecting the top surface with the bottom surface formed a short top edge, a short bottom edge, and opposed long side edges, the back additionally including a pair of slots with each slot formed along a side edge and extended upwards to the top surface; a layer of adhesive interconnecting the lower surface of the plate to the top surface of the backing and with the backing and plate in alignment to thereby create a pair of opposed grooves below the long edges of the plate; and a rigid transparent elongated slider gauge having a central section disposed above the upper surface of the plate and a pair of integral end arms slidably secured within the grooves, the slider gauge further having a plurality of tick marks thereon for facilitating a determination of a number of yards of carpet based on a distance measured with the distance ruler as cross-correlated with a carpet type and breadth.