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US 11,747,124 B2Granted
Two-way tape guide assembly
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorsCecil McKinley Wilson, Nicholas Ryan Imsand
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Abstract
A guide assembly for a tape measuring device may include an inner guide portion facing a reel assembly of the tape measuring device, and an outer guide portion facing away from the reel assembly. The guide assembly may be configured to enable the tape to be paid out from an aperture of the tape measuring device in both lateral directions relative to the aperture.
Claims20
A tape measuring device comprising:
- a housing having an aperture;
- a reel assembly disposed in the housing;
- a tape having a first end operably coupled to the reel assembly and a second end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture;
- a retraction assembly configured to interface with the reel assembly to enable the tape, after extension from the housing to be wound onto the reel assembly;
- and
- a guide assembly provided to define the aperture,
- wherein the guide assembly comprises an inner guide portion facing the reel assembly, and an outer guide portion facing away from the reel assembly, and
- wherein the guide assembly is configured such that the tape encounters the guide assembly tangent to each of the inner guide portion and the outer guide portion.
5 more elements
A tape measuring device comprising:
- a housing having an aperture;
- a reel assembly disposed in the housing;
- a tape having a first end operably coupled to the reel assembly and a second end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture;
- a retraction assembly configured to interface with the reel assembly to enable the tape, after extension from the housing to be wound onto the reel assembly;
- and
- a guide assembly provided to define the aperture,
- wherein the guide assembly comprises an inner guide portion facing the reel assembly, and an outer guide portion facing away from the reel assembly, and
- wherein the guide assembly is configured to enable the tape to be paid out from the aperture in both lateral directions.
5 more elements
A guide assembly for a tape measuring device, the guide assembly comprising:
- an inner guide portion facing a reel assembly of the tape measuring device, and
- an outer guide portion facing away from the reel assembly,
- wherein the guide assembly is configured to enable the tape to be paid out from an aperture of the tape measuring device in both lateral directions relative to the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.