Gable lead method and device
AssigneeOM2P, Inc.
InventorRoger L. Newman
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Abstract
A device having a pair of rails and a pair of guideline holders is provided. The rails are secured to the underside of the roof overhanging a gable. The rails define a slot within which the guideline holders are received. The guideline holders are slideable within the slot and may be releasably secured to any of a number of positions along the rails. A guideline is threaded within and releasably secured by each of the guideline holders.
Claims17
A device for holding a guideline when laying a plurality of bricks on the surface of a gable, said device comprising:
- a rail having a slot defined therein;
- and
- a first holder including a housing and a first pin,
- said first pin having a head and a shaft, wherein said shaft extends through said slot and is releasably secured to said housing when said rail is positioned between said head and said housing, wherein said first holder is selectively positionable on said rail by frictionally engaging said head and housing with said rail so that a guideline may extend across the gable;
- wherein said first holder includes a channel defined along the longitudinal axis of said first pin and allows the guideline to pass therethrough.
A method of laying a plurality of bricks on the surface of a gable, said method comprising:
- providing a first rail and a second rail, said first and second rails each having a slot formed therein;
- coupling said first and second rails at a distance from the gable;
- providing a first holder and a second holder, each said holder comprising a housing and a first pin, said first pin having a head and a shaft;
- sliding said shaft of first holder in the slot of said first rail and sliding said shaft of second holder in the slot of said second rail;
- releasably clamping said first rail between said head and said housing of said first holder;
- releasably clamping said first rail between said head and said housing of said second holder;
- selectively positioning said first and second holders on said first and second rails respectively;
- providing for a channel formed in said first pin;
- and
- locating a guideline between said first and second holders and threading the guideline through the channel.
A device for holding a guideline when laying a plurality of bricks on the surface of a gable, said device comprising:
- a rail means having a slot means defined therein;
- a first holding means including a housing and a first pin, said first pin having a head and a shaft, wherein said shaft extends through said slot means;
- means for releasably securing said housing to said rail means when said rail means is positioned between said head and said housing;
- and
- means for coupling the guideline to said first holding means, whereby said first holding means is selectively positionable on said rail means by frictionally engaging said first holding means to said rail means;
- wherein said first holding means includes a channel means defined along the longitudinal axis of said first pin to allow the guideline to pass therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.