Line holders for masonry work and the like

A line holder for receiving and supporting a loop of a masonry worker's guide line to position portions of the guide line located on opposite sides of the loop to extend along a linear path at a desired height adjacent a front plane of a wall being erected, comprising a thin, flat, relatively stiff member having a centrally located body portion positionable flatly atop a horizontal surface of the wall at the desired height while being secured in place by placement of a masonry element acting as a weight atop the centrally located body portion, and an integral, forwardly projecting guide line support portion adapted to extend forwardly from the centrally located body and the surface plane 1) to define passage means configured to open downwardly through a bottom surface of the support portion at two side-by-side locations along said path adjacent the front surface plane, and 2) to define slot means communicating with the passages means and configured to permit insertion of the loop into the downwardly opening passage means so the loop is supported by the line holder when the guide line is drawn taut in opposite directions extending along said path, wherein at least a portion of the slot means extends transversely relative to the linear path and wherein at least a portion of the passage means is elongate in a direction along the linear path.

A line holder for accurately positioning an intermediate reach of a mason's guide line used in laying a horizontal row of masonry elements while erecting a wall, comprising a one-piece, stiff, elongate, flat strip having an end region defining two side-by-side passages extending through the strip at locations spaced a relatively short distance from an end surface of the end region, and defining two side-by-side elongate slots each having a slot portion located adjacent to and communicating with a different one of the passages, with the slots extending substantially parallel to each other and in lengthwise directions paralleling the elongate shape of the strip to open through the end surface, and with the passages having widths measured transverse to the lengthwise directions that are greater than are widths of slot portions located adjacent to and communicating with the passages.

A line holder comprising a one-piece stiff, flat, elongate strip having one end and an opposite end defined by the elongate shape of the strip, having two side-by-side passages extending through the strip at locations spaced substantially equidistantly from an end surface at the one end of the strip, wherein the passages each communicate with a different one of two slots extending through a thickness of the strip and in a lengthwise direction relative to the elongate shape of the strip to open through the end surface, wherein the passages are transversely wider relative to the lengthwise direction than are portions of the slots located adjacent to and communicating with the passages.

A one-piece line holder formed as a stamping from a thin, stiff, flat, elongate strip of metal, the line holder having a generally elongate rectangular shape defining one and opposite end regions that define one and opposite end surfaces, respectively, that define portions of the perimeter of the generally elongate rectangular shape and extend transversely to the length of the generally elongate rectangular shape, having only two side-by-side passages extending through a thickness of the one end region, having only a single passage extending through a thickness of the opposite end region, with only two slots extending separately through the thickness of the one end region from each of the two side-by-side openings and through the one end surface, and with only one slot extending through the thickness of the opposite end region from the single passage and through the opposite end surface such that the perimeter is interrupted only by the two slots extending through the one end surface and the one slot extending through the opposite end surface.