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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Apex Brands, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Tobias McKay Bridges, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Kay Randolph Ligon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kevin Fitzpatrick, Apex, NC (US);
Eric Dean Broadaway, New Freedom, PA (US);
Tom Carson, Apex, NC (US);
Jonathan Seibert Beckwith, Charlotte, NC (US);
David Roberts, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Jimmy Shangyao Wei, New Taipei, TW;
Vlad Petru Patrangenaru, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Chad D. Humphrey, Columbia, SC (US);
Brian Butler, Charlotte, NC (US);
Brendan Michael Walsh, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Apex Brands, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Abstract
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.