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Abstract

A measuring and leveling device constructed with bubble vials for leveling which are movable to the precise point of application, with the measuring scale situated on a surface so constructed as to allow the scale to be located directly against and parallel to the surface to be measured. The device serves for both measuring and leveling tasks in one tool, and is constructed including a body portion provided with a ruler for measuring distances between points, in which the measuring scale is marked on a surface which tapers to a flat edge as in a conventional ruler. The body portion has two parallel tracks along its longitudinal axis, and two clamps situated on the body of the leveling device, each of which is held in place by tabs situated on the underside of the clamps and insertable into the parallel tracks, each clamp including a bubble vial mounting portion into which a bubble vial is fixedly mounted. The present invention therefore enables two or more points to be easily and accurately marked on a surface at a set horizontal or vertical distance one from the other; or a level horizontal or vertical line to be easily and accurately marked or cut on a surface. The sliding nature of the clamps on which the bubble vials are mounted enables the bubble vials to be positioned at either end of the surface to be plumbed, thus serving as both measuring and plumbing points, allowing for simultaneous measurement and alignment. The measuring and leveling device is ideal for use in many applications where leveling and marking are required, such as hanging framed works of ant or pictures on walls, or measuring a distance between two points, such as between hanging holes on the back of a cabinet, enabling these two points to be marked on a wall, such that the points are accurately leveled. The measuring and leveling device can also be used in any other application, such as in doing construction or renovation, marking stud placements in plasterboard walls and the like.

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