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US 12,680,803 B2Granted
Measuring device
AssigneeJ & A Development Associates, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Erdfarb
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Abstract
A tape measure including a housing configured to receive a flexible tape, a spring mechanism configured to allow extraction of at least a portion of the tape from the housing and retraction of the tape into the housing, a first fractional indicia along a first edge on a first side of the tape, and a first scale indicia along a second edge on the first side of the tape, wherein the first scale indica extends at least about 36 inches along the second edge from a 0 point of the tape.
Claims16
A tape measure comprising:
- a housing configured to receive a flexible tape;
- a spring mechanism configured to allow extraction of at least a portion of the tape from the housing and retraction of the tape into the housing;
- a first fractional indicia along a first edge on a first side of the tape;
- and
- a first scale indicia along a second edge on the first side of the tape
- wherein the first fractional indicia comprise a plurality of hash marks and corresponding fractional values;
- wherein the first scale indicia comprises an architectural scale selected from a ¼-inch scale or a ⅛-inch scale;
- wherein the first scale indicia begins at a 0-point of the tape;
- wherein the first scale indicia extends continuously for at least 36 inches along the second edge;
- and
- wherein the second edge is free of fractional indicia.
8 more elements
A tape measure comprising:
- a housing configured to receive a flexible tape;
- a spring mechanism configured to allow extraction of at least a portion of the tape from the housing and retraction of the tape into the housing;
- a first fractional indicia along a first edge on a first side of the tape;
- a second fractional indica along a second edge of the first side of the tape, wherein the second fractional indicia include actual fractional values;
- a first scale indicia along a first edge on a second side of the tape starting at a 0 point of the tape;
- and
- a second scale indicia along a second edge on a second side of the tape starting at the 0-point of the tape
- wherein the first fractional indicia comprise a plurality of hash marks and corresponding fractional values;
- wherein the second fractional indicia comprise a plurality of hash marks and corresponding fractional values;
- wherein the first scale indicia and the second scale indicia each comprise an architectural scale selected from a ¼-inch scale or a ⅛-inch scale;
- wherein the first scale indicia and the second scale indicia each begin at the 0 point of the tape;
- wherein the first scale indicia and the second scale indicia each extend continuously for at least 36 inches along their respective edges;
- and
- wherein each edge bearing the first scale indicia or the second scale indicia is free of fractional indicia.
11 more elements
A tape measure comprising:
- a housing configured to receive a flexible tape;
- a spring mechanism configured to allow extraction of at least a portion of the tape from the housing and retraction of the tape into the housing;
- a first fractional indicia along a first edge on a first side of the tape;
- a first scale indicia along a second edge on the first side of the tape, wherein the first scale indica extends about 48 inches along the second edge from a 0 point of the tape;
- a second fractional indicia along a first edge on a second side of the tape;
- and
- a second scale indicia along a second edge on the second side of the tape
- wherein the first fractional indicia comprise a plurality of hash marks and corresponding fractional values;
- wherein the second fractional indicia comprise a plurality of hash marks and corresponding fractional values;
- wherein the first scale indicia and the second scale indicia each comprise an architectural scale selected from a ¼-inch scale or a ⅛-inch scale;
- wherein the first scale indicia and the second scale indicia each begin at a 0-point of the tape;
- wherein the first scale indicia and the second scale indicia each extend continuously for at least 36 inches along their respective edges;
- and
- wherein each edge bearing the first scale indicia or the second scale indicia is free of fractional indicia.
11 more elements
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