US 5,761,876 AGranted

Stone wall guide and forming system

OwnerPaul Ashley Keadyinventor

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Abstract

An apparatus and the method of using the apparatus to form a wall. Initially, a pair of vertical wall guides are mounted upright at selected locations. The guides are made in two parts, a front guide and a rear guide, so the guides can be moved toward and away from each other to compensate for uneven walls and thicknesses of stone. Staves or forming boards are mounted horizontally between the wall guides by threaded bolts, to form a guide for the stones. The stones are set sequentially in a horizontally disposed course using the staves as a guide to lay the wall straight and level. Additional staves are fixed to the guides as necessary. Once, it is determined that a particular row of stones has set, its restraining stave can be removed. This action usually starts at the bottom course and moves upward until all staves are removed.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for guiding the formation of a wall adjacent to a support wall comprising:

at least one inner guide,
said inner guide having at least one vertically disposed arm and a horizontal stem attached thereto,
said horizontal stem of said inner guide having a plurality of apertures therethrough,
said vertical arm having means for mounting said inner guide on said support wall,
at least one outer guide,
said outer guide having at least one vertically disposed arm and a horizontal stem attached thereto,
said horizontal stem of said outer guide having a plurality of apertures therethrough,
said horizontal stems being telescoped together and secured by a fastening means extending through at least one aperture on said horizontal stem of said inner guide and at least one aperture on said horizontal stem of said outer guide,
means on said outer guide for securing a horizontal stave thereto,
at least one stave mounted on said outer guide,
whereby said stave can be used as a guide in forming a wall.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.