Structure mountable assembly

• US 7,260,895 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2006
• Issued: 08/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eastway Fair Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Eastway Fair Company Limited
• Inventors: McCracken, Robert E., Long, Charles Keith, Moore, Kevin A., Macias, Lilia F., Wacker, Charles M., Knight, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): GUADALUPE, YARITZA
• Application Number:
  US11/643,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20070101594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 250 Days
• Field of Search: 332/83, 332/86, 33290-291, 33370-371, 333/47, 33D/IG.21
• US Class Current: 33/286
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/002 Active optical surveying means optical plumbing G01C15/105
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/004 Reference lines, planes or sectors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 33/21 with laser

Abstract

A modular tool assembly including a tool base configured to releasably secure a modular tool arrangement in a fixed relationship relative to a mounting surface. The tool base includes an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion having a mounting seal extending therefrom. The mounting seal cooperates with the mounting surface to define a vacuum pocket therebetween. A vacuum generating mechanism is configured to remove air from the vacuum pocket through an aperture in the lower housing portion. A modular tool attachment releasably engages a portion of the tool base to secure the modular tool attachment to the tool base. The modular tool attachment can include a self leveling laser leveling device having a laser light source mounted within a housing to project an alignment beam through an opening in the housing to denote a reference plane along the mounting surface.

Claims

1. A structure mountable assembly comprising:

a. a base housing including a mounting seal extending from a portion of the housing, and a vacuum generating mechanism disposed within the housing and including a pump;

b. a second housing connected to the base and rotatable with respect to the base; and

,

c. at least one light source disposed within the second housing wherein the light source projects light on a lens that emits a planar beam of light and wherein the lens is rotatable with respect to the light source to change an orientation of the planar beam of light.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the second housing is rotatable with respect to the base housing in discrete angular increments.

3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the emitted planar beam of light is projected on an attachment surface to which the mounting seal is connected, wherein the beam is at a selected angle between 0°

and 360°

.

4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the emitted beam of light is in the shape of a cross.