Template

Claim 1

In a template comprising: a plate member elongated in one direction and having a flat front face for engagement with a vertical wall in a building, said plate member having a plurality of sets of openings therein for respectively receiving and guiding a drill bit, with the openings in each set being closely spaced apart in said one direction; a handle on the back of said plate member intermediate the ends thereof; bubble level means on the back of said plate member having means for indicating when said openings have a predetermined relationship to one another correspondIng to the desired positions for holes to be drilled in the wall; and a pair of laterally spaced, elongated reinforcing bars on the back of said plate member extending lengthwise in said one direction and projecting equally beyond one end edge of said plate member for engagement with a flat reference surface from which the drilled holes are to be spaced; the improvement which comprises: a first pair of arms pivoted to the back of said plate member close to one longitudinal edge thereof and located respectively toward the opposite ends of said plate member; and a second pair of arms pivoted to the back of said plate member close to the opposite longitudinal edge thereof and located respectively toward the opposite ends of said plate member; the arms of each pair being individually adjustable pivotally from a retracted position behind the plate member to an extended position projecting laterally beyond the respective longitudinal edge of the plate member for engagement against a cross wall that extends perpendicular to said first-mentioned wall to provide a reference surface for the template.