Combination marker and tape measure

A combination marker and tape measure comprising:

• (a) a housing having a pair of opposed sidewalls, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, said walls defining an interior chamber, said housing further having a compartment formed in said front wall;
• (b) a flexible tape mounted to said housing within said interior chamber, said flexible tape being resiliently coiled to retract within said interior chamber, said tape including incremental measuring marks located thereon for measuring distances;
• (c) a pair of markers having an integral liquid reservoir, said pair of markers being mounted to said housing within said compartment, one marker being positioned adjacent an edge of said flexible tape;
• (d) an actuator member mounted on said front wall within said compartment, said actuator member having said pair of markers slidably mounted thereon, said actuator member being manually actuated to move said pair of markers between an extended position, wherein each of said markers projects below a plane of said tape which has been extracted from within said housing to contact a surface upon which said tape is placed, and a retracted position, wherein each of said markers is positioned above said plane of said tape which has been extracted from within said housing
• (e) a front window cover removably mounted on said front wall to cover a front and sides of said compartment;
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• (f) a bottom cover slidably mounted on said housing to move between a forward position, wherein said bottom cover contacts said front window cover to enclose said pair of markers within said compartment to prevent said markers from being exposed to outside air, and a rearward position, wherein said bottom cover is slid toward said rear wall to expose said pair of markers and permit said pair of markers to move to said extended position and project from said housing below said plane of said tape.