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OwnerJames O'Donnellinventor
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Abstract
A device for holding a target adjacent first and second intersecting surfaces of a structure to assist in measuring a distance from an instrument to the target. The device has first and second levers that are joined by a pin that has a section that extends above the levers to receive the target. A force is applied to the first and second levers to bring non-skid pads thereon into engagement with the intersecting surfaces. The target is thereafter rotated into parallel alignment with the second surface and the instrument is aligned with the first surface. A signal transmitted from the instrument is reflected from the target to provide a direct measurement of the distance from the instrument to the target.
Claims14
A device for positioning a target adjacent first and second intersecting surfaces of a structure comprising:
- a first lever having a first end and a second end;
- a second lever having a first end and a second end;
- a pin that extends through said first and second levers to define a pivot point, said pin having a first section that is offset from a second section by an offset section with the target being located on said first section, said first end of said first and second levers on receipt of an input force causing said first and second levers to pivot about said pin and transmit an actuation force that correspondingly moves the second end of said first and second levers into engagement with said first and second intersecting surfaces on the structure;
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- locking means connected to said first and second levers to sustain said actuation force and thereby hold said second end of said first and second levers onto the first and second intersecting surfaces, said first section of said pin thereafter being selectively rotated with respect to said second section to bring a face on the target into parallel alignment with one of said first and second intersecting surfaces.
A device for positioning a target on first and second intersecting surfaces of a structure comprising:
- a first lever having a first end and a second end;
- a second lever having a first end and a second end;
- a pin that extends through said first and second levers to define a pivot point, said pin having a first section that extends above the pivot point to receive the target, said first end of said first and second levers on receipt of an input force causing said first and second levers to pivot about said pin and transmit an actuation force that correspondingly moves the second end of said first and second levers into engagement with said first and second intersecting surfaces on the structure;
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- locking means connected to said first and second levers to sustain said actuation force and respectively hold said second end of said levers onto the first and second intersecting surfaces, said target thereafter being selectively rotated on said pin to bring a face thereon into parallel alignment with one of said first and second intersecting surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.