Stud marker

• US 7,437,830 B1
• Filed: 03/08/2007
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anthony C. Kulavic
• Original Assignee: Anthony C. Kulavic
• Inventors: Kulavic, Anthony C.
• Primary Examiner(s): BENNETT, GEORGE B
• Application Number:
  US11/716,495
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 336/66, 336/70, 336/72, 336/73, 336/74, 336/75, 336/76, 336/77, 336/78, 335/74, 335/62, 335/63
• US Class Current: 33/670
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 7/04 Devices, e.g. scribers, for marking centre punches B25D5/00 ; cord line chalkers B44D3/38

Abstract

A stud marker is used for marking the location of a vertical stud in a framed wall having a sole plate and a plurality of vertical studs on the floor directly in front of the stud. The stud marker contains a paint wand attached to a marking guide. The marking guide has a flat plate with an opening, a vertical wall, and at least one projecting member for centering the opening in front of a stud.

Claims

1. A stud marker for marking the location of a vertical stud in a framed wall having a sole plate and a plurality of studs on the floor directly in front of the stud, the stud marker comprising:

(a) a paint wand comprising;

(i) an elongated pole having proximate and distal ends;

(ii) a handle and trigger at the proximate end of the pole;

(iii) a receptacle near the distal end of the pole for holding a can of spray paint with the nozzle pointing downwardly; and

(iv) a trigger-activated mechanism for discharging paint from a can held in the receptacle; and

(b) a marking guide comprising;

(i) a flat plate having proximate and distal ends, the plate adapted for resting upon a floor, the plate having an opening;

(ii) a vertical wall extending upwardly from the distal end of the plate, the wall having an inward surface facing the proximate end of the plate and an outward surface;

(iii) at least one projecting member extending from the outward surface of the wall, the member located vertically at a height above the plate of at least about one and three-fourths inches so that it extends above a sole plate when the marking guide rests upon a floor, the member located horizontally so that the plate opening is centered in front of a stud when the member is in contact with a side of a stud; and

(iv) a means for holding the distal end of the pole of the paint wand in a position so that paint discharged from a can is directed toward the opening in the plate.

2. The stud marker of claim 1 wherein each projecting member is pivoting.

3. The stud marker of claim 2 additionally comprising a second projecting member spaced apart horizontally from the first projecting member by about one and three-fourths inches so that the projecting members form a space for receiving a stud.

4. The stud marker of claim 3 additionally comprising a means for mounting stencils across the opening in the plate.

5. The stud marker of claim 4 additionally comprising a foot plate extending from the proximate end of the flat plate.

6. A marking guide for use in combination with a paint wand to provide an apparatus for marking the location of a vertical stud in a framed wall having a sole plate and a plurality of studs on the floor directly in front of the stud, the marking guide comprising:

(a) a flat plate having proximate and distal ends, the plate adapted for resting upon a floor, the plate having an opening;

(b) a vertical wall extending upwardly from the distal end of the plate, the wall having an inward surface facing the proximate end of the plate and an outward surface;

(c) at least one projecting member extending from the outward surface of the wall, the member located vertically at a height above the plate of at least about one and three-fourths inches so that it extends above a sole plate when the marking guide rests upon a floor, the member located horizontally so that the plate opening is centered in front of a stud when the member is in contact with a side of a stud; and

(d) a means for holding a paint wand in a position so that paint is directed toward the opening in the plate.

7. The marking guide of claim 6 wherein each projecting member is pivoting.

8. The marking guide of claim 7 additionally comprising a second projecting member spaced apart horizontally from the first projecting member by about one and three-fourths inches so that the projecting members form a space for receiving a stud.

9. The marking guide of claim 8 additionally comprising a means for mounting stencils across the opening in the plate.

10. The marking guide of claim 9 additionally comprising a foot plate extending from the proximate end of the flat plate.