Height gage

Claim 1

A PORTABLE SELF-CONTAINED HEIGHT GAGE COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXPOSED GAGING SURFACE THEREON, AN UPSTANDING SUPPORT RIGID WITH SAID BASE MEMBER, A SLIDABLE STEM CARRIED BY THE SUPPORT EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN RELATION TO THE GAGING SURFACE, SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING A RECESS IN THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE GAGING SURFACE FOR RECEIVING THE LOWER END OF THE SUPPORT AND THE STEM WHEREBY THE LOWERMOST END OF THE STEM IS DISPOSED BELOW THE PLANE OF THE GAGING SURFACE, A HOUSING ON THE UPPER END OF THE SUPPORT, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A LONGITUDINAL BORE RECEIVING THE UPPER END OF THE SLIDABLE STEM, STEM ENGAGING MEANS ON THE SUPPORT FOR MOVING THE SLIDABLE STEM VERTICALLY IN RELATION TO THE GAGING SURFACE, INDICATING MEANS ENGAGING THE STEM FOR INDICATING THE MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDABLE STEM, A PLURALITY OF GAGE BLOCKS DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION ON THE SLIDABLE STEM, EACH GAGE BLOCK INCLUDING A LATERAL PROJECTION EXTENDING TOWARD THE GAGING SURFACE, EACH GAGE BLOCK HAVING AN INDENTATION CENTRALLY DISPOSED IN THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE LATERALLY EXTENDING PROJECTION, EACH GAGE BLOCK ALSO HAVING A DOWNWARDLY FACING GAGING SURFACE AND AN UPWARDLY FACING GAGING SURFACE IN HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT FORMED ON THE LATERALLY EXTENDING PROJECTION, SAID GAGING SURFACES ON THE BLOCK BEING PARALLEL WITH THE GAGING SURFACE ON THE BASE MEMBER, THE LOWERMOST GAGE BLOCK BEING MOUNTED ON THE LOWERMOST END OF THE STEM WHEREBY SAID GAGING SURFACES AND INDENTATIONS ON THE LOWERMOST BLOCK ARE ALIGNABLE WITH THE GAGING SURFACES ON THE BASE MEMBER FOR ESTABLISHING A ZERO READING, SAID INDENTATION BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH AND BETWEEN THE GAGING SURFACES ON THE BLOCK THEREBY ENABLING THE GAGING SURFACES ON THE BLOCKS ON THE MOVABLE STEM TO BE ADJUSTED IN RELATION TO THE GAGING SURFACE ON THE BASE MEMBER FOR ENABLING THE GAGE TO BE EMPLOYED FOR VARIOUS USES.