Jig of spirit level clamping aid tools, squares and hand clamps
OwnerCosimo Fudainventor
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Abstract
One or more clamping aid tools for mounting to various squares and straight edges, including carpenter squares, framing squares, speed squares or the like, and various straight edges and rulers for easily and accurately positioning various objects, either flat and/or round, magnetic or not. The clamping aid tools can secure these squares and straight edges to various objects while they are being fitted, secured and/or welded together.
Claims59
1-28. (canceled)
A clamping aid tool comprising:
- a body having generally flat side surfaces, end surfaces, a top edge surface and a bottom edge surface;
- said top edge surface is perpendicular to said side surfaces, said bottom edge surface is generally flat and perpendicular to said side surfaces;
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- at least one elongate slot along the full length of said tools for easily mounting to squares and straight edges.
A triangular square comprising:
- a right-triangular body;
- said body comprising of two edges of equal length with forty-five degree opposite angles;
- a body with a thickness that is equal to the elongate slot opening along the bottom edge surface of a clamping aid tool;
- mounting holes in the triangular body along all three edges;
- said mounting holes aligning with mounting holes of clamping aid tools, component bracket and to a modified hand clamp with clamping aid elements of the present invention for creating various tools;
- said mounting holes ensures the clamping aid tools are mounted and secure in the correct position when used to align various objects, and
- said triangular square ensures a more accurate 90 degree angle than a carpenter or framing square, when used with the clamping aid tools of the present invention.
A speed square comprising:
- generally of right-triangular body with forty-five degree opposite angles;
- a flange secured to one of the right angle edges perpendicularly thereto;
- said flange having portions on each side of the body and includes a ‘V’ groove on the bottom of the flange for aligning round objects.
A first and second component bracket for attaching to the clamping aid tools at different heights and positions;
- said component brackets corresponding to dimensions of squares and straight edges and each can provide a different function.
A conventional clamp adapted for use with clamping aid elements comprising:
- a plate-like body, a front face, a back face, two perpendicular members on the back face for connecting to various modified conventional clamps;
- a connecting means for connecting said clamping element to said clamp;
- rows of mounting holes through said plate body for attaching to the tools of the present invention, said tools including clamping aid tools, a triangular square and speed square;
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- said clamping element secured to one or both arms of locking clamps, or one or both jaws of bar clamps, pipe clamps, regular ‘C’ clamps or other clamps with a strong clamping force.
A conventional hand clamp modified for use with a clamping aid element comprising:
- a channel like body, a front face, a back face, a top surface, two perpendicular members extending from the body for connecting to various arms or jaws of adapted hand clamps;
- said clamps include locking clamps, a bar clamps, regular ‘C’ clamps, pipe clamps and other clamps with a high clamping force;
- a slot for mounting and securing squares and straight edges to an object;
- said slot corresponding to a dimension from said squares and said straight edges;
- said squares include carpenter and framing squares and straight edges include straight edges, rulers and the like;
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- a connecting means for connecting said clamping aid element(s) to said adapted hand clamps.
A hand clamp with clamping aid elements of claimed 79,
- additionally comprising two or more slots of the same or different heights;
- said slot heights corresponding to dimensions from various squares and straight edges;
- said squares include carpenter and framing squares and straight edges include straight edges, rulers and the like;
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A kit comprising two or more clamping aid tools, multiple first and second component brackets, and triangular square of the present invention or any combination of these items;
- wherein each clamping aid tool can include elongate slots of the same or of different heights and widths;
- said elongate slot heights of each clamping aid tools can have various combinations for mounting to various squares and straight edges, said squares include carpenter and framing squares, and said straight edges include straight edges, rulers or the like.
A ‘L’ square with mounting holes in accordance with the present invention;
- said ‘L’ squares include a carpenter or framing square or plain ‘L’ square for use with clamping aid tools, component brackets, and hand clamps of the present invention;
- said squares are combined with said tools and/or component brackets to align and secure various objects;
- and said ‘L’ squares combined with said component brackets and can be used as a aligning corner bracket, a bracing corner bracket or as a shelf hanging bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.