# US 5,706,586 A · Air vent register cutting guide

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- Number: US 5,706,586 A
- Document ID: US5706586A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/509,494
- Filed: 1995-07-31
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-07-31
- Inventors: Dale M. Payne
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706586A

## CPC

- G01B 3/14: Templates for checking contours {(templates for mounting doors or windows E04F21/0007)}
- B25H 7/00: Marking-out or setting-out work (measuring, gauging G01; optical apparatus G02B; by photographic means G03C)
- G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)

## Abstract

A guide for cutting an aperture to receive a vent register. The inventive device includes a template defining a rectangular aperture. Spacing members project from opposed sides of the template for positioning the template into a desired orientation relative to an adjoining surface to permit cutting of an aperture through a surface to receive an air vent register.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An air vent register cutting guide comprising;
a template defining a rectangular aperture directed therethrough, the template comprises a pair of elongated longitudinal template members positioned in a substantially spaced and parallel orientation, the longitudinal template members being of an equal length relative to one another; and lateral template members of equal length extending substantially orthogonally between opposed longitudinal ends of the longitudinal template members so as to define a substantially fixed rectangular shape of the template with the rectangular aperture being directed through the template between the longitudinal and lateral template members;
wherein both longitudinal and traverse dimensions of the rectangular aperture directed through the template are one eighth of an inch greater than a size of a register to be installed;
a first spacing means extending from the template for positioning the template into predetermined first spacing relative to an adjoining wall surface, the first spacing means including a pair of first lateral spacing members extending from opposed ends of a first one of the longitudinal template members, the first lateral spacing members being of an equal length so as to facilitate parallel positioning of the first one of the longitudinal template members in a spaced orientation relative to an adjoining wall surface, wherein the first lateral spacing member extend into contiguous communication with the lateral template members;
a second spacing means extending from an opposed side of the template relative to the first spacing means for positioning the template into a predetermined second spacing from an adjoining wall surface, the second spacing means including a pair of second lateral spacing members projecting form opposed ends of a second one of the longitudinal template members, the second lateral spacing member being of a longitudinal length substantially greater than a longitudinal length of the first lateral spacing members;
said template members including measurement indicia printed thereon for facilitating measured cutting along interior edges thereof; and
means for securing the template to a substrate including mounting apertures directed through each of the template members and a plurality of securing tacks directed through the template mounting apertures, the securing tacks each having a shank with a pair of substantially spaced an parallel heads positioned at an upper surface of a shank thereof;
said apertures including a first pair of apertures centrally formed in each of the longitudinal template members and a second pair of apertures centrally formed in each of the lateral template members.