Height measuring level pen/pencil
AssigneeGayle Kolb
InventorGayle L. Kolb
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Abstract
A level pen/pencil or other writing instrument is equipped with an end-mounted level vial which mates with the pen/pencil barrel. The housing of the level is entirely clear allowing for the bubble of the level to be visible from all sides of the pen/pencil. The level pen/pencil is designed with sufficient length for reaching from a center of a child's head to a vertical wall surface for marking the child's height thereon. The level pen/pencil can also be used for other applications requiring both a level and a marking means such as construction, repair work, hanging pictures or shelves, or various other leveling and marking tasks.
Claims13
A level marking implement device for making a horizontally aligned mark on a vertical surface, the device comprising:
- a marking means comprising an elongated shaft having a marking end with a means for making a visible mark on the vertical surface, an attaching end opposite to the marking end and an effective overall length sufficient to reach the vertical surface from the center of a child's head;
- a level means comprising an elongated housing having an exterior surface with a uniformly even mating configuration to the elongated shaft of the marking means, the level means mounted to the attaching end of the marking means so that the elongated housing is aligned with the elongated shaft with a smooth linear alignment, the level means extending the effective overall length of the level marking implement device, the level means having a visual means for indicating that the housing of the level means is in a horizontal orientation, so that the level marking implement device is capable of being aligned horizontally, as indicated by the level means, with at least the level marking implement device resting evenly on the center or horizontal surface of the child's head or another horizontal surface to be measured or leveled and further capable of making a mark with the marking end of the marking means on the vertical surface while being disposed at a distance from the horizontal surface but in horizontal alignment with the horizontal surface.
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