US 11,913,779 B2
Measuring tape with transverse locating aperture
Adam Day, Apex, NC (US); Jonathan Beckwith, Charlotte, NC (US); Adam Baxter, Apex, NC (US); and Vlad Petru Patrangenaru, Ellicott City, MD (US)
Assigned to APEX BRANDS, INC., Apex, NC (US)
Filed by APEX BRANDS, INC., Apex, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,663.
Application 17/829,663 is a continuation of application No. 17/043,340, granted, now 11,378,375, previously published as PCT/US2019/025331, filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/651,318, filed on Apr. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290963 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 3/1071 (2020.01); G01B 3/1089 (2020.01); G01B 3/1041 (2020.01); G01B 3/1056 (2020.01); B25H 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 3/1071 (2013.01) [B25H 7/04 (2013.01); G01B 3/1041 (2013.01); G01B 3/1056 (2013.01); G01B 3/1089 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measuring tape device comprising:
a housing having a blade aperture;
a reel assembly defining an axis;
a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the blade aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly; and
a transverse aperture disposed in a heel portion of the housing and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis;
wherein the transverse aperture comprises an externally accessible open passageway through the housing.