Layout system for construction foundation placement
OwnerCarol Berendseninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for laying out foundations prior to construction. Ideally, two stakes are provided for each corner to be formed in a construction project and line extends from each corner to an adjacent corner. Each stake is configured with a clamping mechanism which allows vertical and horizontal adjustment of the string associated therewith.
Claims19
A layout system for defining wall boundaries when constructing a building, comprising in combination:
- a single stake placed in the ground along the general line of a wall to be built,
- a ray extending from said stake defining a line which is tangential to an outer surface of the wall to be built,
- means to adjust vertical elevation of said ray with respect to said stake, including a "U" shaped body having a bight portion interposed between a pair of legs which straddle said stake, and
- a threaded fastener passing through one said leg and frictionally retained against said stake,
- and means to laterally offset said ray with respect to said stake, wherein said means to laterally offset said ray with respect to said stake include a bore passing through another of said "U" shaped body's legs, a bolt extending therethrough having an end constrained to ride within a track, fastening means associated with a free end of said bolt as it exits said body leg, whereby said track can move with respect to said bolt whereby said ray serves as a guide for building the wall.
A layout system for defining two walls when forming a corner for constructing a building, comprising in combination:
- two stakes independently placed such that each stake is generally adjacent an extension of the plane defining its wall, so that when built the two walls form a corner,
- a ray extending from each said stake defining a line which is tangential to an outer surface of the wall to the built,
- means to adjust the vertical elevation of each said ray with respect to its said stake, wherein said vertical adjusting means includes a "U" shaped body having a bight portion interposed between a pair of legs which straddle said stake, and
- a threaded fastener passing through one said leg and frictionally retained against said stake,
- and means to laterally offset each said ray relative to its said stake, wherein said means to laterally offset said ray with respect to said stake include a bore passing through another of said "U" shaped body's legs, a bolt extending therethrough having an end constrained to ride within a track, fastening means associated with a free end of said bolt as it exits said body leg, whereby said track can move with respect to said bolt whereby said rays serve as guides for building the walls to form the corner.
The system of claim 12 wherein a clamp is provided of substantially "C" shaped configuration having opposed arcuate jaws one of which is axially moveable by being fixed to a threaded rod, a crank attached to said threaded rod at an extremity remote from said threaded rod's arcuate jaw, and a rod constrained by said clamp and to said stake whereby said rod serves as a brace extending down towards the ground.
A layout system for defining wall boundaries when constructing a building, comprising in combination:
- a single stake placed in the ground along the general line of a wall to be built,
- a ray extending from said stake defining a line which is tangential to an outer surface of the wall to be built,
- means to adjust vertical elevation of said ray with respect to said stake,
- and means to laterally offset said ray with respect to stake,
- whereby said ray serves as guide for building the wall,
- wherein said means to laterally offset said ray with respect to said stake includes "U" shaped body which has a bight portion and a pair of legs which straddle said stake, a bore passing through one of said "U" shaped body's legs, a bolt extending therethrough having an end constrained to ride within a track, fastening means associated with a free end of said bolt as it exits said body leg, whereby said track can move with respect to said bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.