Tape measuring device
CA 2201244 A1 · Owner: Haviland, Girard S. · Inventors: Haviland, Girard S.
Overview
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Disclosed is a tape measuring device comprising a housing an elongated, tape hearing length graduations the tape being wound into a coil and disposed within the housing, a slot in the housing from which the wound tape is extended, to a desired length and retracted a marking means or like device rigidly attached, to the housing and positioned so that it does not interfere with the extension of, the tape, the marking device having a marking tip situated substantially perpendicular to the extended tape, and a pointer means fixedly attached to the, housing wherein the pointer means is positioned to align the location of the marking tip to the graduations on the tape. Preferably the lip of …
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- Filed March 27, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 27, 2017.
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