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US 2017/0370715 A1Published application
Expandable level
OwnerDonald E. KENNISinventor
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Abstract
An expandable level includes a pair of extension bodies, with at least one of the extension bodies carrying a level indicator. Each extension body includes a carriage with a carriage cavity, the carriage cavities aligned with each other and having a pair of exterior top surfaces separated by the carriage cavity. A rail is slidably received in both carriage cavities and has a body surface that remains substantially flush with the exterior top surfaces when the pair of extension bodies are adjacent one another and when the pair of extension bodies are spaced apart from one another.
Claims16
An expandable level, comprising:
- a pair of extension bodies, at least one of said extension bodies carrying a level indicator, each said body having a carriage with a carriage cavity, said carriage cavities aligned with each other, and each said carriage having a pair of exterior top surfaces separated by said carriage cavity;
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- a rail slidably received in both said carriage cavities, said rail having a body surface that remains substantially flush with said exterior top surfaces when said pair of extension bodies are adjacent one another and when said pair of extension bodies are spaced apart from one another.
An expandable level, comprising:
- a pair of extension bodies, at least one of said extension bodies carrying a level indicator, each said extension body having a carriage cavity and an exterior surface;
- a rail slidably received in said carriage cavities, said rail having a body surface that remains substantially flush with said exterior surfaces when said pair of extension bodies are adjacent one another and when said pair of extension bodies are spaced apart from one another;
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- a straight edge assembly slidably secured to said pair of extension bodies so as to provide a straight line edge when said pair of extension bodies are spaced apart from one another.
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