Claims
- 1. A non-slip guide member, comprising:
- an elongate guide member defining top and bottom surfaces and at least one side edge, said guide member including a pair of apertures disposed therein; and
- a handle member releasably attached to the top surface of the guide member and having a pair of pin members extending therefrom, each of said pin members defining a pin point which is aligned with a respective one of the apertures when the handle member is attached to the guide member;
- said handle member being selectively movable between a first position wherein said pin points reside above the bottom surface of the guide member and a second position wherein said pin points protrude below the bottom surface of the guide member.
- 2. The non-slip guide member of claim 1 wherein said handle member is releasably attached to the guide member by a pair of resilient gripping members attached thereto.
- 3. The non-slip guide member of claim 2 wherein said handle member comprises:
- a main body portion defining opposed ends; and
- a pair of sleeve members movably attached to respective ones of the opposed ends of the main body portion, said sleeve members being partially received into respective ones of the apertures when the handle member is attached to the guide member via the gripping members;
- said pin members extending from respective ones of the opposed ends of the main body portion and through respective ones of the sleeve members, and said gripping members being attached to respective ones of the sleeve members;
- said main body portion being selectively movable between the first and second positions relative to the sleeve members.
- 4. The non-slip guide member of claim 3 wherein said handle member further comprises a pair of biasing springs disposed about respective ones of the pin members and extending between the opposed ends of the main body portion and the sleeve members, said biasing springs being operable to bias the main body portion to the first position and compressible upon the application of a downward force to the main body portion, the compression of the biasing springs facilitating the movement of the main body portion to the second position.
- 5. The non-slip guide member of claim 3 wherein the main body portion of said handle member has a generally U-shaped configuration.
- 6. The non-slip guide member of claim 1 wherein said at least one side edge of the guide member is formed as a straight edge and the top surface of the guide member includes a measurement scale applied thereto.
- 7. A non-slip guide member, comprising:
- an elongate guide member defining top and bottom surfaces and at least one side edge, said guide member including a pair of apertures disposed therein;
- a handle member movably attached to the top surface of the guide member and having a pair of pin members extending therefrom, each of said pin members defining a pin point which is aligned with a respective one of the apertures when the handle member is attached to the guide member;
- said handle member further including a biasing mechanism and being selectively movable between a first position wherein said pin points reside above the bottom surface of the guide member and a second position wherein said pin points protrude below the bottom surface of the guide member, said handle member being biased to the first position by the biasing mechanism which is manually overcome to facilitate the movement of the handle member to the second position, and wherein said handle member is releasably attached to the guide member by a pair of resilient gripping members attached hereto.
- 8. The non-slip guide member of claim 7 wherein said handle member comprises:
- a main body portion defining opposed ends; and
- a pair of sleeve members movably attached to respective ones of the opposed ends of the main body portion, said sleeve members being partially received into respective ones of the apertures when the handle member is attached to the guide member via the gripping members;
- said pin members extending from respective ones of the opposed ends of the main body portion and through respective ones of the sleeve members, and said gripping members being attached to respective ones of the sleeve members;
- said main body portion being selectively movable between the first and second positions relative to the sleeve members.
- 9. The non-slip guide member of claim 8 wherein the biasing mechanism of said handle member comprises a pair of biasing springs disposed about respective ones of the pin members and extending between the opposed ends of the main body portion and the sleeve members, said biasing springs being operable to bias the main body portion to the first position and compressible upon the application of a downward force to the main body portion, the compression of the biasing springs facilitating the movement of the main body portion to the second position.
- 10. The non-slip guide member of claim 8 wherein the main body portion of said handle member has a generally U-shaped configuration.
Parent Case Info
The present application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 333,428, filed Nov. 1, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,471,749 issued Dec. 5, 1995.
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