Shoe manufacturing gauge

Claim 1

A SHOE MANUFACTURING GUAGE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BASE MEMBER, SAID MEMBER HAVING A GUIDE SLOT FORMED IN THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, A SLIDE MEMBER MOUNTED IN SAID GUIDE SLOT AND HAVING A CROSS HEAD PORTION AT ONE END THEREOF FOR ABUTTING ONE END OF SAID BASE MEMBER IN THE RETRACTED POSITION OF SAID SLIDE MEMBER, THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID SLIDE MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER, A VAMP SIZE SCALE ON THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER ADJACENT SAID ONE END THEREOF AND INDEXING MEANS ON SAID SLIDE MEMBER FOR REGISTRY WITH SAID SCALE; SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING A GUIDE BORE IN SAID BASE MEMBER BENEATH SAID GUIDE SLOT AND PARALLEL THEREWITH, A SECOND SLIDE MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID GUIDE BORE AND HAVING A CROSS HEAD PORTION AT ONE END THEREOF, EACH OF THE CROSS HEAD PORTIONS ON SAID SLIDE MEMBERS INCLUDING A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING HOOK PORTION, A SHOE SIZE SCALE ON SAID BASE MEMBER AND INDEXING MEANS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID SECOND SLIDE MEMBER FOR REGISTRY WITH SAID SECOND MENTIONED SCALE.