US 5,960,554 A · Stud layout template

Abstract

A stud layout template for marking locations for the placement of studs on a floor plate or a ceiling plate using center lines on the respective floor or ceiling plate. The stud layout template includes a plate having a main portion and an end portion outwardly extending from the main portion. The main portion has a cutout therethrough having an outer periphery comprising a pair of ends and a pair of sides extending between the ends of the cutout. The plate has an extent extending into the cutout from a first end of the cutout. The extent of the plate has a pair of side edges converging together to form a pointer vertex positioned substantially equidistantly between the sides of the cutout.

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Dependent claims

A stud layout template, comprising:

a plate having a main portion and an end portion outwardly extending from said main portion;
said main portion having a cutout therethrough;
said cutout having an outer periphery comprising a pair of ends and a pair of sides extending between said ends of said cutout;
a first of said ends of said cutout being positioned adjacent said end portion of said plate;
said plate having an extent extending into said cutout from said first end of said cutout;
and
said extent of said plate having a pair of sides converging together to form a pointer vertex.

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A stud layout template for marking side lines off of a center line on a floor or ceiling plate for indicating the placement of studs on the floor or ceiling plate, said stud layout template comprising:

a generally rectangular plate having substantially planar and generally rectangular first and second faces, a pair of substantially straight end edges, and a pair of substantially straight side edges extending between said end edges of said plate;
said end edges of said plate being extended substantially parallel to one another, said side edges of said plate being extended substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to said end edges of said plate;
said plate having a bend positioned towards one of said end edges of said plate, said bend of said plate being extended between said side edges of said plate substantially parallel to said end edges of said plate, said bend dividing said plate into a generally rectangular main portion and a generally rectangular end portion;
said end portion being extended substantially perpendicular to said main portion;
said main portion having a generally rectangular cutout therethrough between said first and second faces of said plate;
said cutout having an outer periphery comprising a pair of substantially parallel ends and a pair of substantially parallel sides extending substantially perpendicular to said ends of said cutout;
said ends of said cutout being extended substantially parallel to said end edges of said plate, said sides of said cutout being extended substantially parallel to said side edges of said plate;
a first of said ends of said cutout being positioned adjacent said end portion of said plate, a second of said ends of said cutout being positioned towards the end edge of said plate opposite said end portion of said plate;
said plate having a generally triangular extent extending into said cutout from said first end of said cutout adjacent said end portion of said plate;
said extent and said main portion of said plate lying in a common plane with one another;
said extent of said plate having a pair of sides converging together in a direction towards said second end of said cutout to form a pointer vertex;
said pointer vertex being positioned substantially equidistantly between said sides of said cutout;
said sides of said extent being extended substantially perpendicular to each other;
said sides of said extent each being extended from said pointer vertex to an associated adjacent side of said cutout;
said end portion of said plate having a spaced apart pair of slits extending from said first end of said cutout towards the end edge of said plate adjacent said end portion;
a first of said slits being positioned between one of said sides of said cutout and an adjacent associated side of said cutout, a second of said slits being positioned between the other of said sides of said cutout and an adjacent associated side of the cutout;
said extent of said plate having a center line indicia on said first face of said plate adjacent said pointer vertex, said center line indicia being extended substantially parallel to said sides of said cutout;
each of said edges of said plate having ruler indicia therealong on said first face of said plate;
and
said plate having a generally circular hole therethrough adjacent the end edge of said plate opposite said end portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Summary1,404 words

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to layout templates and more particularly pertains to a new stud layout template for marking locations for the placement of studs on a floor plate or a ceiling plate using center lines on the respective floor or ceiling plate.

#2. Description of the Prior Art

Brief description of the drawings4 figures

#The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

#FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a new stud layout template in use on a floor plate according to the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged perspective view of the present invention in use.

Detailed description1,527 words

#With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 4 thereof, a new stud layout template embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

#As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the stud layout template 10 generally comprises a plate having a main portion and an end portion outwardly extending from the main portion. The main portion has a cutout therethrough having an outer periphery comprising a pair of ends and a pair of sides extending between the ends of the cutout. The plate has an extent extending into the cutout from a first end of the cutout. The extent of the plate has a pair of side edges converging together to form a pointer vertex positioned substantially equidistantly between the sides of the cutout.

#In use, the stud layout template 10 is designed for marking side lines off of a center line on 11 a floor or ceiling plate 12 for indicating the placement of studs on the floor or ceiling plate. In closer detail, the stud layout template comprises a generally rectangular plate 10 having substantially planar and generally rectangular first and second faces 13,14, a pair of substantially straight end edges 15,16, and a pair of substantially straight side edges 17,18 extending between the end edges of the plate. The end edges of the plate are extended substantially parallel to one another and the side edges of the plate are extended substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the end edges of the plate. Optionally, the plate may have rounded corners to help prevent injury to a user. The plate has a thickness defined between the first and second faces of the plate, a length defined between the end edges of the plate and a width defined between the side edges of the plate. In an ideal illustrative embodiment, the thickness of the plate is about 1/16.sup.th inch, the length of the plate is about 71/4 inches, and the width of the plate is about 6 inches.

Facts

Application

09/213,114Filed 17 Dec 1998

Granted

5 Oct 1999

Term ended

17 Dec 2018

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination. Patent term adjustment is unavailable; no adjustment was added.

Classification2 codes

G01B 3/14
Measuring instruments characterised by the use of mechanical techniques: templates for checking contours
G01B
Measuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions

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