Patent Application
20150308807
There is no federally sponsored or research or development associated with this application. There is no joint research agreement associated with this application.
(1) Field of the Invention
There are many tape measure and many digital tape measures that measure a distance and display it. The Count on it—digital tape measure counter is unique that it can count objects by a measurement.
(2) Description of the art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 & 1.98
The art described in the drawings of the design and utility function illustrate the unique ability of the invention and we have found no other patents that would pose a problem with this application as we could find.
This is a digital tape measure with a digital display that will allow you to lock in a measurement, then use that measurement to count various products. This feature will be used in many inventory control, auditing, tile or flooring layouts or various home or production uses. This will be the only tape measure that can be used as a counting device.
There are 8 drawings in total that describe and illustrate the design and function of the Count on it—digital tape measure counter.
This is a digital tape measure with a digital display that will allow you to lock in a measurement, then use that measurement to count various products. This feature will be used in many inventory control systems, auditing, tile or flooring layouts or various home or production uses. This will be the only tape measure that can be used as a counting device.
Features: There are three buttons.
If digital tape measure reads greater than “0”, by depressing Button #1 it will remember the measurement length, it will also display on the LCD screen.
If continued use, by continuing to depress Button #1 it will continue to remember up to 8 different sizes, only the last measurement saved will show on the LCD.
If the tape reads “0” by depressing Button #1 it will display up to 8 of the last saved measurements in a Last to First order.
RESET SAVE—If the tape reads “0” by depressing Button #1 and holding for 3 second will clear all saved measurements.
This button will give you measurement choices between the Inches with decimals, Inches with fractions, and millimeters. Upon using the Tape Measure the first time the default will be in INCH the digital tape measure will read out for example 4.75 In, it will remember to last preference thereafter.
By depressing Button #2 once, it will go to the next readout selection in rotations of Inch/Inch Fractions/Millimeter, the Inch Fraction readout example would be 4¾ Inch.
By depressing Button #2 again, it will go to next readout option in Millimeters the read out for example would be 120.65 mm.
At any time, if a measurement was saved in any measurement readout option, by depressing Button #2 would convert to Inch/Inch Fractions/Millimeter.
This means if I measure and save 4.75 In with the Inch format, by depressing Button #2 once it will display 4¾ In converting it to the Inch Fractions format, by depressing Button #2 again it will convert to Millimeter displaying 120.65 mm.
From the Millimeter display if depressing Button #2 it will wrap back to the Inch format.
This button will remember a size that will be used for the counting feature; programming will allow this size to automatically be divided by total size giving the count.
If Button #2 has been set to Inch format, by measuring an item that is 0.75 and depressing Button #3 the size then will be used to count. Every time the tape travels 0.75 will=1 Count. If measuring several of 0.75 inch pieces totaling 19.5 inches, you will get a 26 Count. Meaning there are 26 pcs of 0.75 inch items in the stack.
RESET SAVE—If the tape reads “0” by depressing Button #1 and holding for 3 second will clear all saved measurements.
By allowing the tape to auto retract depressing both button 1 & 3 will result in a “0” amount allowing the user to recalibrate the tape measure to ensure accuracy. By first making sure the tape measure it close and depressing both #1 Button & #3 Button simultaneously for 3 seconds it will reset the tape measures readout to read “0” to ensure accuracy.
The Digital Tape measure will have a working standard tape measure that can be used in conjunction with the digital displays and programming.
Step 1: Using Button #2, choose the measurement display options you prefer the digital tape measure to display Inch/Inch Fractions/Millimeter (see above)
Step 2: Measure one item or by hand pull tape to the desired measurement needed to count by. Depress Button #3 to save the desired count size. This size will display on the LCD screen.
Step 3: Measure the total pieces or length, the count by measurement we saved will divide into the total and be displayed on the LCD display.
For the above example once you have the piece size locked in, you can figure the amount of tiles needed quickly, repeat for the width and times the two numbers and you just figured quickly how many tiles to buy. You can even add the grout line in before locking to the count by number feature (Button #3) to ensure greater accuracy.
For the above example once you have the piece size locked in, you can figure the amount of deck boards needed quickly, repeat for the width and times the two numbers and you just figured quickly how many deck boards to buy. You can even add the deck spacing desired before locking to the count by (Button #3) to ensure greater accuracy.
This product has three main uses.
