MEASURING ACCESSORY FOR TOOLS

摘要

A fixed-length measurement accessory includes a rigid body fixed to a base supporting a magnet for magnetically coupling the accessory to a host tool. An opposite end of the rigid body provides a visual marker for alignment with an end of a workpiece. A variable-length accessory includes telescoping rigid bodies joined by a coupler. One end of one rigid body is joined to a base supporting a magnet for magnetically coupling the accessory to the host tool. The coupler houses a friction member creating light friction resisting adjustment of a combined length of the rigid bodies. An opposite end of the other rigid body provides a visual marker for alignment with an end of the workpiece. Markings are provided on at least one of the rigid bodies for indicating a combined length of the rigid bodies at multiple relative positions.

主权项

1. A fixed-length measuring tool accessory comprising:
a rigid body extending longitudinally between first and second ends; a base fixed to the first end of the rigid body, the base having a tool-mounting section and a body-mounting sections, the tool-mounting section defining a socket, the first end of the rigid body being fixed to the body-mounting section; a magnet fixedly mounted within the socket; and a cap, the cap having a longitudinally-extending fitting fixed to the second end of the rigid body, and a surface extending transversely to a direction of elongation of the fitting, the surface having an area that is substantially greater than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the rigid body.