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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2005
Wade Charles King, Finksburg, MD (US);
Wade Charles King, Finksburg, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Towson, MD (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed to a moveable catch. An automatic tape measure has a housing and a tape assembly. The tape assembly is supported in the housing and contains a tape switch, a reel, a drive, the movable catch, and a tape adapted to extend and retract from the front wall of the housing. The movable catch is coupled to a distal end of the tape. The movable catch includes a body, a spring, and a tongue. The tongue is pivotably coupled with the body via an axle. Thus, when the tape is extended, the tongue can pivot about the axle when it encounters an object in its path. The spring is positioned around the axle and causes the catch to return to its original, generally perpendicular position once the tongue passes the object.