Measuring tape guide
CA 1298465 C · Owner: St. Jean, Philippe · Inventors: St. Jean, Philippe
Overview
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An attachment for a tape measure that provides a guide for marking when moving the tape along the work piece. The attachment is in the form of a T-square with a stem part that projects at one end thereof into the tape dispensing opening of the casing for the tape measure and at the other end has an angle head part at right angles to the stem. The angle head part has a first flange that rests and slides on the surface of the work piece to be marked and a second flange at right angles thereto that engages and slides along an edge of the work piece. The flanges are turned upwardly at their ends to form a skate and tabs project from the stem to prevent lateral displacement of the tape measure …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted April 7, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 7, 2009.
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