Brick laying apparatus

Claim 1

A MASON''S GUIDE FOR POSITIONING SUCCESSIVE COURSES OF BRICKS ALONG A WALL IN HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED, VERTICALLY ADJACENT RELATIONSHIP, COMPRISING A COMBINATION: A FIRST GUIDE MEMBER INCLUDING A STRAIGHT GUIDE SURFACE OF AN APPRECIABLE LENGTH, IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE HORIZONTAL EXTENT OF THE COURSES OF BRICK TO BE GUIDED INTO POSITION; MEANS FOR SECURING SAID FIRST GUIDE MEMBER TO AT LEAST ONE PREDETERMINED FIXED VERTICAL LOCATION OF THE WALL, SUCH THAT SAID GUIDE SURFACE IS DISPOSED PARALLEL TO THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF THE BRICK COURSE; A SECOND GUIDE MEMBER MOUNTED TO SAID FIRST GUIDE MEMBER, AND FREELY MOVABLE ALONG THE HORIZONTAL EXTENT OF SAID GUIDE SURFACE; SAID SECOND GUIDE MEMBER OF A HORIZONTAL EXTENT IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE WIDTH OF BRICK BEING POSITIONED; A TOOL MEMBER VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE WITHIN SAID SECOND GUIDE MEMBER; SAID TOOL MEMBER OF A GENERALLY L-SHAPED CONFIGURATION INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH A VERTICAL CLEARANCE APERTURE IN SAID SECOND GUIDE MEMBER, AND A SECOND PORTION, EXTENDING TRANVERSE TO SAID FIRST PORTION AND INCLUDING A PLATFORM MEMBER FOR ABUTTINGLY ENGAGING A SURFACE OF A BRICK BEING POSITIONED; A STOP MEANS ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID FIRST PORTION FOR PREDETERMINEDLY LIMITING THE EXTENT OF THE VERTICALLY RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT OF SAID TOOL TOWARDS SAID SECOND GUIDE MEMBER, WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LIMIT OF THE TOOL PLATFORM VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND SAID GUIDE SURFACE CORRESPONDING TO THE DESIRED LOCATION OF THE BRICK COURSE BEING FORMED WITH REFERENCE TO SAID GUIDE SURFACE; THE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND GUIDE MEMBER ALONG SAID FIRST GUIDE MEMBER AND THE PREDETERMINED EXTENT OF VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID TOOL MEMBER TOWARDS SAID SECOND GUIDE MEMBER SERVING TO POSITION HORIZONTALLY ADJACENT BRICKS ALONG A COURSE HAVING A PREDETERMINED VERTICAL SPACING FROM SAID GUIDE SURFACE.