Circle making tool
AssigneeSpeedy Circle Manufacturing LLC
InventorEric A. Jensen
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Abstract
A tool for carpentry that when used with a nail, a pencil, and a tape measure can draw circles and arcs from a radius of 1 inch up to that of the length of the tape measure. It can also easily make circles or arcs with a radius of 2 inches up to 12 inches using pencil guide holes that are staggered down the length of the device at one eighth-inch intervals. The tool has two rare earth magnets that hold the tape measure to the tool during use. The magnets can be used also to hold a nail on the tool for storage purposes. In that way, a nail is always available when a circle is needed. For more convenience, one or more bubble levels can be added to the tool making the tool not only a circle tool but a torpedo level as well.
Claims19
A circle making tool comprising:
- a) an elongate form having two ends and a center portion, said center portion having a plurality of holes formed therein;
- b) a means for temporarily securing said elongate form to a workpiece being formed at one of said two ends of said elongate form;
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- c) a means for temporarily holding an end of a tape measure, formed at one of said two ends.
A circle making tool comprising:
- a) an elongate form having two ends and a center portion, said center portion having a plurality of holes formed therein;
- b) a first flange, formed at one of said two ends and extending outwardly therefrom, said first flange having a hole formed therein for receiving a means for pivoting said elongate form about a point;
- c) a second flange, formed at the other of said two ends and extending outwardly therefrom, said first flange having a hole formed therein for receiving a means for a means for making an underlying surface;
- c) a means for temporarily holding an end of a tape measure, formed at one of said two ends;
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- d) a means for temporarily supporting a tape of said tape measure, formed at the other of said two ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.