Structural measuring gauge

Claim 1

A STRUCTURAL MEASURING GAUGE FOR USE AS A MEASURING GAUGE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOD, PLYWOOD AND SLIDING PANELS, PARTICULARLY IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FURNITURE, COMPRISING: RAIL MEANS FORMED AS A SYMMETRICAL MEMBER HAVING SLOT MEANS FORMED THEREIN, SAID SYMMETRICAL MEMBER COMPRISING MUTUALLY PARALLEL SIDE MEMBERS CONNECTED BY A TRANSVERSE MEMBER EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY THERETO, SAID SYMMETRICAL MEMBER WHEN VIEWED IN CROSS-SECTION THROUGH SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER HAVING THE FORMED OF THE LETTER H, SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER DEFINING RECTANGULAR SPACE MEANS WITHIN SAID SYMMETRICAL MEMBER, MEASURING MEANS ADJUSTABLY FASTENED TO SAID SYMMETRICAL MEMBER OVER SAID SLOT MEANS, SAID SIDE MEMBERS COMPRISING TERMINAL PORTIONS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER AND FORMING SUPPORT SURFACES ON EITHER OF SAID SLOT MEANS, AND FASTENING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID MEASURING MEANS TO SAID SYMMETRICAL MEMBER, SAID MEASURING MEANS INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED END-STOP MEMBER HAVING A SINGLE PLANAR MEASURING REFERENCE SURFACE AND A SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED LIMITMEASURE STOP HAVING A PAIR OF PARALLEL MEASURING REFERENCE SURFACES OFFSET FROM EACH OTHER BY THE AMOUNT OF AN ALLOWABLE TOLERANCE IN THE MANUFACTURED ARTICLE, SAID MEASURING SURFACES OF SAID END-STOP MEMBER AND SAID LIMIT MEASURE STOP BEING ARRANGED ON SAID RAIL MEANS IN CONFRONTING RELATIONSHIP.