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US 2015/0089826 A1Published application
Measuring Tape
OwnerEduardo Villalpandoinventor
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Abstract
A tape measure comprising a housing, a retractable measuring tape disposed in the housing, and a measurement base attached to the housing, running parallel to the direction of the tape, a method for employing said tape measure, and a method for reading measurement of said tape measure.
Claims20
A tape measure comprising:
- a housing;
- a retractable measuring tape disposed in the housing;
- a lip attached to the protruding end of the measuring tape;
- and
- a measurement base fixedly attached to the bottom of the housing and running parallel to the direction of the tape.
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A method for measuring a fixed distance between two points, comprising the steps of:
- identifying a first point of a fixed distance to be measured;
- placing a lip of a measuring tape from a tape measure on the first point of the fixed distance to be measured;
- extending the lip of the measuring tape from the tape measure;
- identifying a second point of the fixed distance to be measured;
- placing the posterior edge of a fixed measurement base attached to the tape measure on the second point of the fixed distance to be measured;
- reading a measurement indicator mark on the measuring tape;
- and
- adding the length of the fixed measurement base to the tape measurement ascertained from reading the indicator mark on the measuring tape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.