US 11,781,850 B1
Installation tool for affixing objects to a plurality of vertical surfaces and methods using thereof
Christopher Jason Roy Marshall, Beaumont (CA); and Adam Willis Groshong, Sherwood Park (CA)
Filed by Christopher Jason Roy Marshall, Beaumont (CA); and Adam Willis Groshong, Sherwood Park (CA)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,249.
Int. Cl. G01B 5/14 (2006.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 5/14 (2013.01) [G01B 5/0007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool for acquiring a plurality of reference installation measurements and for consistently affixing a plurality of similarly-shaped objects on a vertical surface at a corresponding plurality of installation sites in accordance with said reference installation measurements, the tool comprising:
a rigid and elongated rectangular body, said body extending longitudinally according to a first axis, the body comprising:
a top flat surface and a bottom flat surface, the top flat surface and bottom flat surface parallel to each other and each comprising integrated therein a top channel and a bottom channel, respectively, the top and bottom channels extending along the first axis;
a front flat surface and a rear flat surface, the front flat surface and the rear flat surface parallel to each other and each perpendicular to the top flat and bottom flat surfaces; each of the front flat surface and the rear flat surface comprising thereon corresponding measurement scale for acquiring, at least in part, said plurality of reference installation measurements;
and two end flat surfaces, each end flat surface perpendicular to the top flat surface, bottom flat surface, front flat surface and rear flat surface, and each comprising therein a top aperture for accessing the top channel and a bottom aperture for accessing the bottom channel;
a bubble level in said front flat surface; and
two elongated arms, each arm being reversibly extendable from one of the two end flat surfaces along the first axis;
two end-stops, each end-stop configured to be slidingly movable along the top channel and comprising a securing means thereon to releasably secure the end-stop at a position along said top channel; and
a support mount slidingly movable along the bottom channel and configured to have fastened thereto an extendable vertical support member, the support member configured to support the tool at a reference elevation, the reference elevation being part of the plurality of reference installation measurements.