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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Timothy J. Kelley, Stillwater, MN (US);
Inventor:
Timothy J. Kelley, Stillwater, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 3/10 (2006.01); B65H 75/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A measuring device having a housing and a slot therein with a retractable coiled flexible measuring tape. A plurality of rotatable reels are mounted on separate axes in the housing. A flexible measuring tape having measuring indicia thereon is coiled around the plurality of rotatable reels with a free end of the flexible measuring tape passing through the slot. A coil spring is operably coupled to at least one of the plurality of rotatable reels biasing the flexible measuring tape toward a retracted position.