Patent · US Expired

Telescoping T-square

US7204031B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 22, 2005
Grant dateApr 17, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 22, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04F21/00
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The telescoping T-square has a crossbar or cross-member and an extendable shaft or leg. The cross-member is a relatively short bar having a pair of parallel runners longitudinally extending across the length of one surface of the bar and a slot defined through the bar between the runners that extends from the center of the bar laterally towards one of the ends of the bar. The leg has a tubular, hollow proximal rod removably attached to the cross-member, and at least one telescoping distal rod slidably disposed in the proximal rod, with detent buttons locking the rods together at selected intervals. One end of the proximal rod has transverse grooves or channels defined therein slidably receiving the runners and a threaded stud extending therefrom that is slidable in the slot defined in the cross-member. A knob engages the stud to temporarily lock the cross-member and leg in fixed relation.

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