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US 2026/0035939 A1Published application
Systems and methods for staking a corner for construction
OwnerJason Ray PALMERinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system and method useful for construction layouts requiring ninety-degree angles such as in a corner of a construction footprint.
Claims15
A non-electronic, construction layout system for forming a right angle, the system comprising:
- a first stake,
- a second stake,
- a third stake,
- a first cable of fixed length A,
- a second cable of fixed length B,
- a third cable of fixed length C, and
- a plurality of tags wherein a first tag is affixed to the first cable, a second tag is affixed to the second cable, and a third tag is affixed to a third cable, wherein each tag comprises a written description identifying the fixed length A, B, or C of the cable to which it is affixed;
- wherein each of the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable have a first end and a second end,
- wherein the first end of the first cable is engaged to the first stake and the second end of the first cable is engaged to the second stake,
- wherein the first end of the second cable is engaged to the second stake and the second end of the second cable is engaged to the third stake, and
- wherein the first end of the third cable is engaged to the third stake and the second end of the third cable is engaged to the first stake,
- wherein each of the first stake, the second stake, and the third stake is secured such that each of the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable is taut and form a substantially horizontal plane;
- and
- wherein the first end and the second end of each of the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable each comprise an insert which is a loop having a hole through which any one of the first, second, and third stakes may pass through.
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A non-electronic method for laying out a structure having a right angle, the method comprising:
- planting a first stake at a fulcrum pivot point,
- connecting a first end of a first cable and a second end of a third cable to the first stake,
- engaging a second end of the first cable and a first end of a second cable to a second stake,
- attaching a second end of the second cable and a first end of a third cable to a third stake,
- pulling the second stake in a direction away from the first stake until the first cable is taut and substantially horizontal,
- setting the second stake to a desired location along the radius formed by a length of the taut and substantially horizontal first cable,
- extending the third stake to a position such that the second cable and the third cable are taut and roughly in a same horizontal plane as the taut and substantially horizontal first cable, and
- fixing the third stake at the position;
- wherein a plurality of tags are affixed to each of the first cable, the second cable, and the third cable, each tag comprising a written description identifying a fixed length A of the first cable, fixed length B of the second cable, and fixed length C of the third cable to which the plurality of tags is affixed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.