Construction marking device
OwnerCody Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A marking tool configured to selectively couple to a tape measure may include a magnet, and an applicator comprising a marking surface for producing a mark of defined size and shape, the applicator configured to carry a colorant. A marking tool may include a coupling component attached to the applicator, wherein the coupling component comprises a cavity sized and shaped to receive the magnet; and a recess sized and shaped to receive a portion of a tape measure including a metal hook of the tape measure.
Claims20
A marking tool configured to selectively couple to a tape measure, comprising:
- a coupling component comprising:
- a body;
- a cavity disposed within the body;
- a recess adapted to receive a hook portion of a tape measure;
- a magnet disposed within the cavity, wherein the magnetic field of the magnet is configured to interact with the hook portion of the tape measure when the hook portion of the tape measure is inserted in the recess;
- an applicator comprising a marking surface, the applicator configured to carry a colorant, the applicator adapted to make a mark on a surface at a distance from the tape measure when the tape measure is at least partially extended;
- and
- wherein the marking tool has an extension axis in the direction of the extension of the tape measure tape when the marking tool is coupled to the tape measure, and the marking tool has a concave axis in the direction of convexity of the tape measure tape, perpendicular to the extension axis, when the marking tool is coupled to the tape measure.
A stamping tool, comprising:
- an applicator;
- and
- a magnet affixed to the applicator configured to selectively couple the stamping tool to a hook of a tape measure.
A method for leaving a stamp at a distant surface, the method comprising:
- identifying a need for a stamp at a distant surface;
- attaching a stamping tool comprising an applicator and a magnet to a hook of a tape measure;
- applying colorant to the applicator;
- extending the tape measure proximate a surface;
- contacting the applicator to the surface with the tape measure extended;
- and
- moving the tape measure to press the applicator to the distant surface to apply at least a portion of the colorant to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.