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US 6,523,272 B1Granted
Measuring device and method of manufacture
OwnerGeorge B. Moralesinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable measuring device includes a base having a front end, a rear setting end, opposing sides and a slidably attached slide member having a front marking end, a rear end and opposing sides. A pair of opposing locking elements is attached at the front end of the base for releasably securing the sides of the slide member against the base. One of the locking elements is attached to one of the sides of the base at the front end thereof and the other of the locking elements is attached to the other of the sides of the base at the front end thereof.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a base having a front end, a rear setting end, opposing sides, a first tab overlying a first portion of the base at one of the sides of the base, a second tab overlying a second portion of the base at the other of the sides of the base, and a slidably attached slide member having a front marking end, a rear end and opposing sides;
- a first locking element secured to the first tab and the first portion of the base for movement between a first position away from one of the sides of the slide member and a second position against the one of the sides of the slide member securing the one of the sides of the slide member against the base;
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- a second locking element secured to the second tab and the second portion of the base for movement between a first position away from the other of the sides of the slide member and a second position against the other of the sides of the slide member securing the other of the sides of the slide member against the base.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a base having a front end, a rear setting end, opposing sides each forming a way, a first tab overlying a first portion of the base at one of the sides of the base, and a second tab overlying a second portion of the base at the other of the sides of the base;
- a slide member having a front marking end, a rear end and opposing sides each slidably disposed in one of the ways;
- a first locking element secured to the first tab and the first portion of the base for movement between a first position away from one of the sides of the slide member and a second position against the one of the sides of the slide member securing the one of the sides of the slide member against the one of the ways;
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- a second locking element secured to the second tab and the second portion of the base for movement between a first position away from the other of the sides of the slide member and a second position against the other of the sides of the slide member securing the other of the sides of the slide member against the other of the ways.
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A method comprising steps of:
- providing a first piece of malleable sheet stock having a front end, a rear end, opposing first and second sides and opposing first and second major faces;
- forming a first tab into the first side of the first piece at the front end thereof and an opposing second tab into the second side of the first piece at the front end thereof;
- folding the first and second tabs over the first major face of the first piece;
- folding lengths of the sides of the first piece over the second major face of the first piece so as to form opposing ways;
- providing a second piece of sheet stock having a front end, a rear end and opposing sides;
- slidably disposing the opposing sides of the second piece into the opposing ways of the first piece;
- attaching a first locking element to the first tab and to an opposing portion of the first piece in working opposition to one of the sides of the second piece;
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- attaching a second locking element to the second tab and to an opposing portion of the first piece in working opposition to the other of the sides of the second piece.
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A method comprising steps of:
- providing a first piece of malleable sheet stock having a front end, a rear end, opposing first and second sides and opposing first and second major faces;
- folding lengths of the sides of the first piece over the second major face of the first piece so as to form opposing ways;
- providing a second piece of sheet stock having a front end, a rear end and opposing sides;
- slidably disposing the opposing sides of the second piece into the opposing ways of the first piece;
- attaching a first locking element to the base in working opposition to one of the sides of the second piece;
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- attaching a second locking element to the base in working opposition to the other of the sides of the second piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.