Location marking device of a support for a mountable object

A marking device for marking the location for a support for a mountable object, the device comprising:

• a back plate with a back face configured to be removably coupled to the mountable object;
• means for removably coupling the back face of the back plate to a backside of a mountable object at a connection point for the support;
• a front plate with a front face opposite the back face and that is slick configured for slidable contact against a surface and being displaceable towards the back face to reduce a distance between the two faces under an applied force defining a compressed configuration, and being displaceable away from the back face to increase the distance between the two faces defining an uncompressed configuration;
• an elastic buckling frame disposed between the front and back faces including a flexible and resilient material, and biasing the front and back faces away from one another in the uncompressed configuration;
• the elastic bucking frame including elastic and collapsible cross-braces extending between the front and back plates, the cross-braces including a flexible and resilient material such that the cross-braces buckle under the applied force and return to their original shape upon removal of the applied force;
• a marker coupled to the back plate and disposed below the front face in the uncompressed configuration and projecting at least to the front face to mark the surface in the compressed configuration;
• the marker being disposed adjacent a lateral perimeter edge of the front and back plates;
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• means for identifying a location of the marker with respect to the plates and for aligning the marker with the connection point of the mountable object.

A marking device for marking the location for a support for a mountable object, comprising:

• a compressible body having a front face and a back face, the front face being slick and configured for slidable contact against a surface, the compressible body having a compressed configuration that is thinner and a thicker configuration that is thicker than the compressed configuration;
• an adhesive coupled to the back face of the compressible body;
• a marker coupled to the compressible body and disposed below the front face in the thicker configuration and projecting to at least the front face to mark the surface in the compressed configuration;
• a sighting notch formed in a lateral perimeter edge of the compressible body and extending through the body from the front face to the back face;
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• the marker being disposed adjacent an apex of the sighting notch.

A method of marking the location of a support for a mountable object on a surface, the method comprising:

• obtaining at least one marking device comprising:
• a compressible or collapsible body with a front slick and slidable face and a back face with an adhesive;
• a marker coupled to the body;
• viewing a connection point on a backside of the mountable object through a sighting notch of the marking device and aligning an apex of the sighting notch of the marking device with the connection point;
• attaching the marking device to the backside of the mountable object, the connection point, or both, with the adhesive;
• supporting the mountable object against the surface with the front slick and slidable face of the marking device in contact with the surface;
• sliding the marking device over the surface until a desired position is found;
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• pressing the mountable object against the surface to compress the at least one marker device and marking a location of a support on the surface with the marker.