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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437826 | Adjustable framing tool for laying out hip and valley rafters An adjustable framing tool 10 for laying out hip and valley rafters 216. A planar body 12 has a measuring edge 14 and first and second scribing edges 16,18 disposed at right angles to the measuring edge. An arm assembly 20 c... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7335167 | Posture realignment system A software system and apparatus for the collection of various measurements of the human body representing deviations from an ideal posture in several planes of motion relative to the body. A specially designed apparatus enables the correct measurements, while the so... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7299559 | Construction layout and angle measurement tool A construction layout and angle measurement tool includes opposite working sides having unique indicia for establishing angles from side edges or corners of building materials. When used with a reference line, and when attached to the workpiece, the tool allows site... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7269909 | Rafter layout tool A rafter layout tool for facilitating the layout of ridge cut, bird's mouth, seat cuts, fascia and soffit for the common hip, valley rafter cuts comprising a protractor member, measurement indicator arm and 90 degree arm and move up and down and side to side for dif... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7228636 | Pivoting rafter square with multiple insignia A framing square includes a right-angle square formed from a first member and a second member connected to each other at a respective distal end of each thereof and forming a right-angle connection therebetween. An angular measuring member is positioned at the right... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7174650 | Sliding ruler square The present invention is a sliding ruler square that provides an adjustable and extendible straightedge element permitting a user to conveniently scribe lengthy cut lines at pre-selected angles across a work piece typically utilized in the construction industry with... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165333 | Template and method of fabricating rafters A template and method for fabricating rafters. The template including a U-shaped component including a first arm with a slot, a second arm with a slot, and a base perpendicular to and connecting the first and second arms. The template also including an adjustable ma... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159496 | Portable vise and saw combination A portable vise and saw combination includes a vise element having three attachment points. One attachment point is used to attach the vise to an existing support such as an existing horizontal rail, and another attachment point allows a saw to be mounted to the vis... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7124668 | Alignment device An alignment device including a body having an alignment edge configured to guide a cutting device, an extension portion pivotal relative to the alignment edge, and at least one cutting-line indicator configured to be selectively positioned on the extension portion ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114264 | Length adjustable rafter square A rafter square is provided with a triangular base plate, having a flanged base edge portion, a side edge portion, and a hypotenuse edge portion. An extension arm is selectively movable from a retracted position, closely adjacent the hypotenuse edge, to an extended ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7051446 | Construction layout and angle measurement tool A construction layout and angle measurement tool includes opposite working sides having unique indicia for establishing angles from side edges or corners of building materials. When used with a reference line, and when attached to the workpiece, the tool allows site... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7003891 | Compact miter apparatus A miter apparatus is for making beveled cuts in a workpiece such as a board or the like. A base defines a seat for placing against an edge of the workpiece, and a guide member is pivotably attached to the base for adjustment to any desired angle of a beveled cut. Si... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6918189 | Combination layout tool A combination layout tool especially for use in larger building projects that can be used repeatedly to accurately produce different angles and cuts or layouts. The tool is provided with incremental angle slots in radial alignment with a notch in one side edge for p... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6725555 | Pivoting rafter square The present invention 10 discloses a rafter square 18 having a pivotal indicator arm 14 and pivotal indicator guide 16. The pivotal arm 14 and guide 16 are detachable from the rafter square portion 18 by unscrewing th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6694635 | Router template apparatus A router template apparatus for routing stair stringers to accept end sections of stair members to facilitate building a stairway. The router template apparatus includes a rectangular frame member that has an opening extending therethrough for receiving a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6694633 | Common rafter and hip layout tool A common rafter and hip layout tool which provides a protractor portion, a common cut marking edge, a common cut marking edge pantograph arm to which is connected a bird's mouth marking arm, a seat cut marking arm connected at a right angle to the bird's ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6293028 | Construction tool and method of use A construction tool and method for its use in laying out stud marks. The tool is adjustable and is especially suited for laying out stud marks on a rafter of a pitched roof so as to be aligned with the corresponding stud marks on a sill beneath the rafter... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5634386 | Wedge cutting jig device A new Wedge Cutting Jig Device for offering a tool that enables one to cut wood wedges and shims and the like with a variety of thicknesses. The inventive device includes a base, a handle, a wood pocket, a wood push wall, and a thickness adjustment means.... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5452522 | Calibrated bevel square with integrated electronic level and plumb A framing layout tool includes two squares each with two legs or blades 90° apart. The squares are pivotally attached at their vertices by a pivot pin including a knurled locking nut. One of the squares includes a longitudinally aligned electronic plumb ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5388340 | Stair layout square with adjustable rake bar A square for laying out and marking run and rise lines on supporting stringers for a staircase has a rake bar connected to slots near the ends of blades of the square. Markings showing a range of horizontal run distances are placed on the outer edge of th... | 02/14/1995 |
| 4901444 | Method and apparatus for guiding a saw relative to an angular cut of a board A carpenter's protractor for use in scribing angled lines on a board or for guiding a portable saw in making angled cuts of a board. The protractor has an angularly adjustable arm which extends outwardly from opposite faces of the protractor body to enabl... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4712307 | Rafter angle measuring device The rafter angle device includes a body in the form of a generally U-shaped plate of metal or the like having a horizontal base and spaced first and second vertical arms at opposite ends thereof. A third arm is pivotally connected to the plate at about th... | 12/15/1987 |
