US 7,543,388 B2
Reveal tool
Joseph W. Christensen, Lakeshore, Minn. (US); and Dale D. Johnson, Deerwood, Minn. (US)
Assigned to Northern Building Solutions, Inc., Lakeshore, Minn. (US)
Filed on May 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/799,634.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/796680, filed on May 02, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0261256 A1, Nov. 15, 2007
Int. Cl. G01B 3/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 33—194  [33/562] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool for marking reveal widths, comprising:
a base;
a first positioning member extending from the base and adapted to contact a first jamb of a door or window;
a second positioning member extending from the base and adapted to contact a second jamb of the door or window;
a first groove ray extending through the base at a first lateral distance from where the first positioning member is adapted to contact the first jamb of the door or window, the first groove ray running generally parallel to the first jamb of the door or window; and
a second groove ray extending through the base at a second lateral distance from where the second positioning member is adapted to contact the second jamb of the door or window, the second groove ray running generally parallel to the second jamb of the door or window,
the first lateral distance being a first reveal width and the second lateral distance being a second reveal width.