Hook for a measuring tape

A graduated measuring tape having a hooked free end which comprises in combination

• a semi-flexible measuring tape having a free end and graduations of distance from said free end;
• a hook having a projecting portion with parallel inner and outer faces and a base portion substantially perpendicular to the projecting portion;
• a measuring plate having a top, a bottom, and parallel leading and trailing edges, the top of said measuring plate carrying graduations of the distance along its length from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the base portion of said hook slidably connected to said measuring plate, with the projecting portion depending beneath the bottom, for longitudinal movement relative to said measuring plate between a retracted position wherein the outer face of the projecting portion if aligned with the leading edge, and an extended position wherein the inner face of the projecting portion is aligned with the leading edge;
• means for attaching said measuring plate to the free end of said graduated measuring tape with the graduations on the top of said measuring plate overlapping and coinciding with the corresponding graduations on said measuring tape;
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• a case into which said measuring tape can be reeled for storage.