Apex Brands, Inc.

Chad D Humphrey

Jonathan Siebert Beckwith

David M Roberts

Brian Butler

Tobias McKay Bridges

Brendan Michael Walsh

Vlad Patrangenaru

Eric Dean Broadaway

Jimmy Shangyao Wei

Kevin Fitzpatrick

Tom Carson

Kay Randolph Ligon

A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and an end hook disposed at the first end of the blade. The end hook may have a front face that faces away from the aperture and a rear face that faces toward the aperture. A high friction surface including grains may be disposed over at least a portion of a surface of the rear face.

Measuring tape with end hook having a high friction surface treatment

Growing community of inventors

Columbia, SC, United States of America

Chad D Humphrey