Adjustable square
AssigneeWoodpeckers, LLC
InventorPaul E. Turley
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Abstract
An adjustable square has a blade including a scale, a body, a slot formed in the body for movably receiving the blade, a locking mechanism operably engaged with the body for releasably securing the blade within the slot, and an indexing member operably engaged with the body and operably engaged with the blade. The indexing member indexes the body at precise locations along the blade. A method for indexing an adjustable square is also provided. The method includes positioning a body of the adjustable square at a precise known position and indexing, with an indexing member of the adjustable square, the body of the adjustable square at the precise known position.
Claims19
An adjustable square comprising:
- a blade with measurement indicia;
- a body with a bore;
- a slot formed in the body for movably receiving the blade;
- a locking mechanism operably engaged with the body for releasably securing the blade within the slot;
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- an indexing pin operably engaged and retained within the bore of the body for releasably securing the blade at one discrete location from at least two discrete locations formed in the blade independently of the locking mechanism;
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- wherein the indexing pin is moveable between a released position and a depressed position relative to the blade;
- wherein when the indexing pin is provided in the released position, the indexing pin is disengaged from the blade;
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- wherein when the indexing pin is provided in the depressed position, the indexing pin is one of engaged inside of the blade at one discrete location from the at least two discrete locations and outside of the blade remote from the at least two discrete locations.
A method for indexing an adjustable square comprising:
- positioning a body of the adjustable square at a precise known position along a blade of the adjustable square;
- aligning at least one discrete indexing aperture of a plurality of discrete indexing apertures formed in the blade with an indexed bore formed in the body;
- operably engaging a portion of the blade with a portion of an indexing pin to fix the body at the precise known position inside the at least one discrete indexing aperture;
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- indexing, with the indexing pin of the adjustable square, the body of the adjustable square at the precise known position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.