Tape measure

US8806770B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael S. Steele · Waukesha, US
• Steven W. Hyma · Milwaukee, US
• Wade F. Burch · Wauwatosa, US
• Cheng Zhang Li · Sussex, US
• Scott R. Fischer · Menomonee Falls, US
• Abhijeet A. Khangar · Waukesha, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B3/102
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tape measure includes a housing assembly defining a cavity and a tape port from which to extend and retract a measuring tape. The measuring tape forms a spool rotatably coupled about an axis. A hook member is fixedly coupled to an end portion of the measuring tape. A U-shaped guard member extends from the housing assembly adjacent the tape port. The guard member is configured to engage the hook member when the measuring tape is retracted into the housing assembly.