US 11,680,783 B2
Laser detector for flexible measuring tools
Robert Gage Pabst, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Assigned to Thumbline, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed by Thumbline, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,818.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/171,175, filed on Apr. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316849 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 3/10 (2020.01); G01B 3/1003 (2020.01); G01B 3/1089 (2020.01); G01B 3/1084 (2020.01)
CPC G01B 3/1003 (2020.01) [G01B 3/1089 (2020.01); G01B 2003/1087 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to employ with a retractable tape measure including a flexible measuring tape having a first edge and a second edge that is parallel to the first edge, the apparatus comprising:
an electronic system including a laser receiver configured to detect a laser projected in at least one of a red wavelength and a green wavelength; and
a body configured to house the electronic system therein, the body including an arcuate-shaped cavity configured to receive the flexible measuring tape in a sliding engagement, and a top surface oriented to face in a direction from which the flexible measuring tape is read with the flexible measuring tape received in the cavity,
wherein the top surface includes a port configured to align with the laser receiver.