Measuring tape with rollover resistance mechanism
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorKai Zhang
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Abstract
A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly enclosed within the housing, a blade formed from a metallic strip of material having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and an anti-rollover assembly disposed proximate to the aperture. The blade may be cupped to have a concave upper surface and a convex lower surface. The blade may have a first side and a second side that oppose each other relative to an apex of the concave upper surface and the convex lower surface. The anti-rollover assembly may be configured to enable an operator to selectively flatten the first side or the second side of the blade.
Claims20
A measuring tape device comprising:
- a housing having an aperture;
- a reel assembly enclosed within the housing;
- a blade formed from a metallic strip of material having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly;
- and
- an anti-rollover assembly disposed proximate to the aperture,
- wherein the blade is cupped to have a concave upper surface and a convex lower surface,
- wherein the blade has a first side and a second side that oppose each other relative to an apex of the concave upper surface and the convex lower surface, and
- wherein the anti-rollover assembly is configured to enable an operator to selectively flatten the first side or the second side of the blade.
A measuring tape device comprising:
- a housing having an aperture;
- a reel assembly enclosed within the housing;
- a blade formed from a metallic strip of material having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly;
- and
- an anti-rollover assembly disposed proximate to the aperture,
- wherein the anti-rollover assembly is configured to inhibit rollover of the blade by selectively flattening a side of the blade that is opposite a direction of rotation of the blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.