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US 7,017,308 B2Granted
Bricklaying tool
OwnerNoel Marshallinventor
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Abstract
A bricklaying tool includes a mortar guide member having a slot for reception of mortar when the tool is placed on a course of bricks when building a wall. The mortar guide member has a brick engagement panel. An upstanding mortar retaining flange is provided having a rear edge of the panel. A spirit level is mounted on the flange. The slot is open ended with a stiffening strut mounted across the open end which also forms a handle.
Claims32
A bricklaying tool for use in laying bricks to form a wall, comprising:
- a mortar guide member having a mortar receiving slot, the width of the mortar receiving slot being less than the width of the bricks for constructing said wall;
- locating means on the mortar guide member for mounting the mortar guide member on a course of bricks forming portion of the wall;
- a mortar receiving pocket formed by the mortar receiving slot and the surface of portion of the wall when the guide member is resting thereon, which pocket is positioned inwardly of opposite side faces of the wall;
- a mortar receiving platform comprising a C-shaped brick engagement panel, through which the mortar receiving slot projects, the brick engagement panel having a mortar reservoir platform for receiving and supporting mortar about a periphery of the slot, the platform being provided by an outer and upper, in use, face of the panel and wall engagement means formed by an inner and lower, in use, face of the panel;
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- an upstanding mortar retaining flange projecting upwardly, in use, from the outer face of the panel and spaced-apart from the mortar receiving slot.
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A bricklaying tool for use in laying bricks to form a wall, comprising:
- a mortar guide member cranked intermediate it's ends having an upper portion for seating engagement with a top surface of a brick and a lower portion extending perpendicularly downwardly from the upper portion for engagement with an end face of a brick, and having a mortar receiving slot, the width of the mortar receiving slot being less than the width of the bricks for constructing said wall;
- locating means on the mortar guide member for mounting the mortar guide member on a course of bricks forming portion of the wall;
- a mortar receiving pocket formed by the mortar receiving slot and the surface of portion of the wall when the guide member is resting thereon, which pocket is positioned inwardly of opposite side faces of the wall;
- a mortar receiving platform comprising a C-shaped brick engagement panel, through which the mortar receiving slot projects, the brick engagement panel having a mortar reservoir platform for receiving and supporting mortar about a periphery of the slot, the platform being provided by an outer and upper, in use, face of the panel and wall engagement means formed by an inner and lower, in use, face of the panel;
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- an upstanding mortar retaining flange projecting upwardly, in use, from the outer face of the panel and spaced-apart from the mortar receiving slot.
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A bricklaying tool for use in laying bricks to form a wall, comprising:
- a mortar guide member having a mortar receiving slot open at one end, the width of the mortar receiving slot being less than the width of the bricks for constructing said wall;
- locating means on the mortar guide member for mounting the mortar guide member on a course of bricks forming portion of the wall;
- a mortar receiving pocket formed by the mortar receiving slot and the surface of portion of the wall when the guide member is resting thereon, which pocket is positioned inwardly of opposite side faces of the wall;
- a mortar receiving platform comprising a C-shaped brick engagement panel, through which the mortar receiving slot projects, the brick engagement panel having a mortar reservoir platform for receiving and supporting mortar about a periphery of the slot, the platform being provided by an outer and upper, in use, face of the panel and wall engagement means formed by an inner and lower, in use, face of the panel;
- an upstanding mortar retaining flange projecting upwardly, in use, from the outer face of the panel and spaced-apart from the mortar receiving slot;
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- a stiffening strut mounted across the open end of the slot above the slot and between opposite sides of the brick engagement panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.