Geometrical instruments – Gauge – Wall panel outline marker for utility
Patent
1996-06-11
1998-01-27
Will, Thomas B.
Geometrical instruments
Gauge
Wall panel outline marker for utility
33DIG10, G01B 500
Patent
active
057110824
ABSTRACT:
A fixture locator enables a worker to find, mark, and cut the exact location and dimensions of an electrical or other fixture installed behind a previously installed panel of a partially paneled wall or ceiling structure. The fixture locator is essentially a bifurcated elongate structure, with essentially identical front and back arms in precise registry with one another. The separated ends of the arms are configured to fit closely about an electrical outlet box, switch box, light box, or junction box, but may be configured to fit virtually any component. The opposite ends of the arms are secured together, preferably with a spacer therebetween which is at least as thick as the thickest panels with which the present fixture locator will be used, in order to provide adequate clearance between the two arms of the device. The device is used to locate fixtures and components which have been previously installed behind a partially paneled wall or ceiling structure, by passing the fixture locator over the edge of the installed panel with the back arm behind the panel and engaging the outlet box or component with the like configured end of the back arm. The identically configured front arm of the locator will then precisely indicate the outline of the fixture behind the panel, so it may be marked and cut for access. The fixture locator may be formed of any number of materials, including metal, plastic, and/or wood.
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Litman Richard C.
Will Thomas B.
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