Household tile cutting gauge

Claim 1

A household tile cutting gauge comprising: a semi-circular protractor having thereon an angle marking and a straight side; a guide rod pivotally fastened to said semi-circular protractor having an angle indicating means for determining an angle between an axis of said guide and said straight side, said angle indicating means comprising a core hole at an end of said guide rod formed to provide a pointer to indicate said angle on said angle marking, said semi-circular protractor having an arcuate slot disposed along said angle marking, a first lock means extending through said arcuate slot and said guide rod, a length ruler slidably mounted on said straight side of said semi-circular protractor, a baffle means slidably engaged on said guide rod to move upward, downward, leftward and rightward for support of a tile placed in said gauge for cutting, said guide rod being provided with a first elongate slot disposed along the long axis thereof and with a second lock means extending through said first elongate slot to engage said baffle means, and said baffle means having a second elongate slot disposed along the long axis thereof to permit said second lock means to pass therethrough so as to fasten said baffle means to said guide rod.