G01B 2003/1033
Means for activating the locking, braking or releasing of the tape
Official title: {Means for activating the locking, braking or releasing of the tape, e.g. buttons}
G01B2003/1033 (Means for activating the locking, braking or releasing of the tape) appears on 104 US grants and 57 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tape measure with pop out blade presentation11 Aug 2026US 12,704,366 B2Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
- Digital tape measure and mounting system9 Jun 2026US 12,650,287 B2
- Tape measure with tape blade profile increasing tape standout11 Nov 2025US 12,467,730 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Integral finger brake opening7 Oct 2025US 12,435,962 B2Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
- Tape measure with variable preformed stressed spiral spring retraction system30 Sep 2025US 12,429,321 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Tape Measure with Tape Blade Profile Increasing Tape Standout16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104240 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Tape measure with flexure for lock linkage19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049804 A1Reekon Tools, Inc.
- Tape Measure with Variable Preformed Stressed Spiral Spring Retraction System8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009626 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Digital tape measure and mounting system1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002764 A1
- Integral Finger Brake Opening25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389525 A1Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rule assembly with increased blade standout75US 6,324,769 B1The Stanley Works · 2001
- Locking and measuring device69US 5,367,785 A1994
- Rule assembly with increased blade standout53US 6,643,947 B2The Stanley Works · 2003
- Rule assembly with protective film52US 6,249,986 B1The Stanley Works · 2001
- Tape measure45US 4,439,927 A1984