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US 2017/0322006 A1Published application
Measurement Devices and Methods
AssigneeMJ Stewart Investments, LLC
InventorsJeffrey D. Stewart, Wayne A. Provost
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AssigneeMJ Stewart Investments, LLC
InventorsJeffrey D. Stewart, Wayne A. Provost
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A measurement device includes first and second measurement indicia. First indicia (e.g., on the tape) may include numerals regularly spaced to mark inches or other units of length (e.g., 1, 2, 3, etc,). Also included are second indicia, that are non-numeric (e.g., letters, such as A, B, C, etc.) where the second indicia are regularly spaced to mark fractions of inches or other units of length indicated by the first indicia. The second indicia are positioned between adjacent first indicia. For example, the letters (A, B, C, etc.) may he spaced every sixteenth or other fraction of an inch between the “1” and “2” (adjacent first indicia). Where sixteenths are used, the letters A-O are equally spaced, between the adjacent first indicia (e.g., between the “1”P′ and the “2”). The A-O may repeat between each integral number—between “1” and “2”, between “2” and “3” and so forth.
A device for measurement, comprising:
The device as recited in claim 5, wherein the vertical arrows are color coded.
The device as recited in claim 6, wherein the vertical arrows are progressively longer as a mid-portion between adjacent numeric measurement indicia is reached.
The device as recited in claim 8, wherein the second indicia are disposed on a top edge of the device and the third indicia are disposed on a bottom edge of the device.
A tape measure device comprising:
The device as recited in claim 13, wherein the letter measurement indicia include letters extending from A to O, each letter corresponding to a fractional sixteenth of an inch between adjacent numeric measurement indicia.
The device as recited in claim 14, wherein the letter measurement indicia are repeated between each adjacent set of numeric measurement indicia.
The device as recited in claim 13, wherein a vertical line is associated with each letter measurement indicia.
The device as recited in claim 16, wherein alternating vertical lines associated with the letter measurement indicia comprise vertical arrows.
The device as recited in claim 17, wherein the vertical arrows are color coded.
The device as recited in claim 18, wherein the vertical arrows are progressively longer as a mid-portion between adjacent numeric measurement indicia is reached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.