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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Mitchell C. Harrill, Rossville, GA (US);
Elena Harrill, Rossville, GA (US);
Mitchell C. Harrill, Rossville, GA (US);
Elena Harrill, Rossville, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle measuring apparatus for establishing baselines and dimensionally measuring a vehicle's upper and lower structure, without requiring the use of a fix mechanical grid mechanism. A method is presented which includes having a pre calibrated portable gauge () placed to a selected point on the vehicle with a squaring device () on gauge () positioned outwardly of the vehicle and having a light source () placed on or in proximity to the vehicle for projecting a plane of light (or) to align to squaring device (). This alignment establishes a light beam baseline at a predetermined dimensional value with respect to the vehicle. Once the baseline is established measurements of the vehicle's upper or lower body may be determined by placing a portable gauge () relative to a point on the vehicle and using squaring device () to square the alignment of gauge () to the selected baseline.