Brick alignment clips

A clip adapted to be placed on a brick, straddling the brick, with a line for aligning a plurality of bricks extending between the clip and the bricks, generally parallel to the bricks and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the clip, the clip comprising:

• a generally planar top face extending along said longitudinal axis, said top face having front and rear axial ends;
• a front face extending generally perpendicular to said top face from said front end, a central slot formed in said front face and extending from a lowermost end of said front face towards said top face;
• a rear face extending generally perpendicular to said top face from said rear axial end, the distance between said front and rear faces being approximately equal to the width of the bricks that are to be aligned by the clip such that the clip straddles the brick;
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• front and rear ears positioned on said top face and extending off of said top face in a direction opposite to the direction said front face extends from said top face, said front and rear ears positioned at laterally spaced locations on one side of a central axis of said clip, said central slot being centered on said central axis such that said central slot is laterally offset from said front and rear ears, said front ear extends axially towards said front end to a first axial position, said first axial position being removed rearwardly from said front end of said top face, such that a line used for aligning the plurality of bricks may extend between said front face and the plurality of bricks generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, parallel to the planar surfaces defined by an inner side of said front face and the plurality of bricks, and then upwardly through said central slot, onto said planar top face, rearwardly along said top face and around said ears with the offset positioning of said front and rear ears, and the axial positioning of said front ear ensuring that forces from said line are not misdirected onto said front and rear ears to result in misalignment of the clip and that said line not becoming tangled.