Portable alignment tool

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR ALIGNMENT OF WALL SECTIONS COMPRISING: (A) A FIRST CLAMPING ELEMENT HAVING AN END SURFACE ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE FACE SURFACES OF ONE SIDE OF TWO ADJACENT WALL SECTIONS; (B) SAID FIRST CLAMPING ELEMENT INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDE ELEMENTS SPACED APART AND JOINED AT EACH END WITH A CROSS MEMBER SO AS TO DEFINE A RECESS; (C) AN ELONGATED SCREW POSITIONED WITHIN SAID RECESS AND JOURNALED WITHIN SAID CROSS MEMBERS; (D) MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SCREW; (E) A MOVABLE BLOCK POSITIONED ABOVE SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND HAVING A BOTTOM PORTION EXTENDING WITHIN SAID RECESS; (F) SAID ELONGATED SCREW BEING THREADED THROUGH THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE BLOCK WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID SCREW WILL CAUSE THE MOVABLE BLOCK TO MOVE ALONG THE AXIS OF SAID SCREW; (G) A SECOND CLAMPING ELEMENT BEING DEFINED BY A BODY PORTION WITH TWO UPPER LEGS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SIDE PLANAR SURFACE ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE FACE SURFACES OF THE TWO ADJACENT WALL SECTIONS OPPOSITE THE FACE SURFACES CONTACTED BY SAID FIRST CLAMPING ELEMENT; (H) SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID SECOND CLAMPING ELEMENT HAVING TWO FLANGES PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SIDE OPPOSITE THE PLANAR SURFACE; (I) A LEVER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TWO FLANGES; (J) SAID BODY PORTION HAVING A BLADE ADAPTED TO SLIDE FORM SAID BODY PORTION INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID TWO UPPER LEGS; (K) SAID LEVER HAVING MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID BLADE AND CAUSING IT TO SLIDE BETWEEN SAID TWO UPPER LEGS; (L) A THIN METALLIC BAND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CLAMPING ELEMENTS AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH THE JOINT FORMED BY THE TWO ADJACENT WALL SECTIONS; (M) SAID MOVABLE BLOCK OF SAID FIRST CLAMPING MEANS HAVING A RETAINER FOR HOLDING ONE END OF SAID METALLIC BAND; (N) SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID SECOND CLAMPING ELEMENT HAVING A RETAINER FOR HOLDING THE OTHER END OF SAID METALLIC BAND; AND (O) SAID METALLIC BAND PASSING BETWEEN SAID UPPER LEGS OF SAID SECOND CLAMPING ELEMENT SO THAT WHEN SAID LEVER MEANS IS ACTIVATED THE BLADE WILL SEVER SAID METALLIC BAND.