Line guide
OwnerMatthew P. Amosinventor
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Abstract
An improved bricklayer's guide, and more particularly, a simplified and efficient adjustable support for the line used by masons as a guide for laying successive layers of bricks or blocks of various sizes. The bricklayer's guide or "line dog" consists of a combination of notched posts or standards that will cooperate in providing the desired width and a series of notches on one post that will engage an offset notch on a second post to provide the desired adjustment and secure the guide in place.
Claims7
An improved line guide comprising a base member consisting of a main body and a "T" post, the main body of said base member containing a series of notches, an adjustable member consisting of a main body and a "T" post, the main body of said adjustable member containing at least one offset notch that is disposed so as to permit the cooperative mating of said offset notch with any one of the series of notches on the main body of the base member, thus providing a means of adjustably and cooperatively combining said members and further providing a means of adjustably and removably securing said members to a construction surface, and a means of removably securing a guide line to said guide.
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