Tape adapter with interchangeable brackets
OwnerStephane Arcandinventor
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Abstract
A tape adapter with a detachable bracket, comprising: a tape adapter formed with a base, a front face wall secured to one end of the base, a plurality of side walls secured to the base and the front face wall and a back wall secured to the base and side walls to form a chamber for receiving a tape blade of a tape measure. A detachable bracket comprising a bracket plate and a flange member with a fastener member is secured bracket plate and is removably attached to the base of the tape adapter. The measuring tape blade of a tape measure is secured inside the chamber defined by the tape adapter walls to attach the tape adapter to the tape measure blade.
Claims16
A tape adapter with a detachable bracket, comprising:
- a tape adapter comprising a base, a front face wall secured to one end of said base, a plurality of side walls secured to said base and said front face wall and a back wall secured to said base and said side walls to form a chamber for receiving a tape blade of a tape measure;
- a detachable bracket comprising a bracket plate and a flange member secured thereto extending away from said bracket plate substantially perpendicular to the plane of said bracket plate;
- means for pivotally attaching said bracket plate of said detachable bracket to the base of said tape adapter;
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- means for securing the measuring tape blade of the tape measure inside the chamber defined by said tape adapter walls to attach said tape adapter to the tape measure blade.
A tape adapter with a detachable bracket, comprising:
- a tape adapter comprising a base member with a planar surface, wall means secured to the proximal end of said base member defining a chamber at the proximal end of said base member for receiving a tape blade of a tape measure;
- said base member defining a thoroughgoing aperture, therein;
- a detachable bracket removably mounted to said tape adapter comprising a bracket plate defining a planar surface and a flange member orientated substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by said bracket plate, said bracket plate defining a thoroughgoing aperture;
- fastening means extending through said base member and bracket plate aperture for pivotally attaching the planar surface of said bracket plate to the planar surface of said base member, and
- means for securing the measuring tape blade of a tape measure inside the chamber defined by said wall means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.