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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Apex Brands, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Inventors:
Cecil McKinley Wilson, Sanford, NC (US);
Nicholas Ryan Imsand, Huntersville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Apex Brands, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 3/1046 (2020.01); G01B 3/1041 (2020.01); B44D 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 3/1046 (2020.01); B44D 3/38 (2013.01); G01B 2003/1053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guide assembly for a tape measuring device may include an inner guide portion facing a reel assembly of the tape measuring device, and an outer guide portion facing away from the reel assembly. The guide assembly may be configured to enable the tape to be paid out from an aperture of the tape measuring device in both lateral directions relative to the aperture.