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The disclosure and prior art relates to alignment devices and more particularly pertains to a new alignment device for
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a building has a roof. The roof has a top surface, an eave edge, a first gable edge and a second gable edge. A pair of jigs is provided and each of the jigs is removably coupled to the top surface of the roof. Each of the jigs is aligned with a respective one of the first and second gable edges. Moreover, each of the jigs has a front side and the front side on each of the jigs is spaced a measured distance from the eave edge when the jigs are positioned on the roof. A string is stretched between the front side of each of the jigs when the jigs are positioned on the roof. Thus, the string is oriented collinear with the eave edge of the roof and the string is spaced the measured distance from the roof. In this way the string defines a straight edge for aligning roofing material that is being installed on the roof.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each of the jigs 24 has a top surface 26, a bottom surface 28 and an outer surface 30 extending therebetween. The outer surface 30 includes the front side 25, a back side 32, a first lateral side 34 and a second lateral side 36. The outer surface 30 of each of the jigs 24 has a groove 38 extending inwardly therein and the groove 38 on each of the jigs 24 extends along the front side 25 and partially along each of the first 34 and second 36 lateral sides. Each of the jigs 24 has a plurality of fastener holes 40 extending through the top surface 26 and the bottom surface 28. The fastener holes 40 in each of the jigs 24 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed from the back side 32 toward the front side 25. Moreover, a fastener, such as a screw or nail, is extended through each of the fastener holes 40 in each of the jigs 24 to engage the top surface 26 of the roof 14 thereby retaining the jigs 24 on the roof 14. Additionally, each of the jigs 24 is oriented such that the front side 25 of the outer surface 30 of each of the jigs 24 lies on a line that is oriented parallel to the eave edge 18 of the roof 14. Each of the jigs may have a length of approximately 8.0 inches, a width of approximately 2.0 inches and a thickness of approximately 1.0 inches.
The top surface 26 of each of the jigs 24 has ruler indicia 42 printed thereon and the ruler indicia 42 on each of the jigs 24 graduates from the front side 25 of the outer surface 30 of the jigs 24 toward the back side 32 of the outer surface 30 of the jigs 24. The ruler indicia 42 may include ¼ inch incremental markings along a total length of 4.0 inches. Each of the jigs 24 is positionable on the roof 14 to align the eave edge 18 with a selected point along the ruler indicia 42. In this way the measured distance between the front side 25 and the eave edge 18 is determined.
The first lateral side 34 of the outer surface 30 of each of the jigs 24 has a first well 44 extending inwardly therein. The first well 44 on each of the jigs 24 is spaced from a first terminal end 45 of the groove 38 on each of the jigs 24. The second lateral side 36 of the outer surface 30 of each of the jigs 24 has a second well 46 extending inwardly therein. The second well 46 on each of the jigs 24 is spaced from a second terminal end 48 of the groove 38 on each of the jigs 24.
A string 48 is provided and the string 48 is stretched between the front side 25 of each of the jigs 24 when the jigs 24 are positioned on the roof 14. The string 48 is oriented collinear with the eave edge 18 of the roof 14 and is spaced the measured distance from the roof 14. In this way the string 48 to defines a straight edge for aligning roofing material that is being installed on the roof 14. The roofing material may be shingles, sheathing, underlayment and any other components of roofing systems.
In use, each of the jigs 24 is positioned on the top surface 26 of the roof 14 prior to installing the roof 14 ing materials. Moreover, each of the jigs 24 is manipulated to align the eave edge 18 of the roof 14 with a selected point along the ruler indicia 42 on the jigs 24. In this way the front side 25 of each of the jigs 24 is spaced the measured distance from the eave edge 18. The fasteners are extended through each of the jigs 24 to releasably fasten the jigs 24 to the roof 14. A first end of the string 48 is inserted into the first well 44 on the jig that is aligned with the first gable edge 20. A second end of the string 48 is inserted into the second well 46 on the jig that is aligned with the second gable edge 22. Moreover, the string 48 is positioned to extend along the groove 38 on the front side 25 of the outer surface 30 of each of the jigs 24. In this way the string 48 defines a straight edge on the roof 14 for aligning the roofing material along the eave edge 18 when the roofing material is being installed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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