Patent Application
20230175827
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The disclosure relates to measuring devices and more particularly pertains to a new measuring device for use with a laser level. The present invention discloses a measuring device comprising a self-retracting metal tape measure having a transparent section.
The prior art relates to measuring devices. Prior art measuring devices may comprise transparent rulers, transparent adhesive tapes, and transparent measuring tapes. What is lacking in the prior art is a measuring device comprising a self-retracting metal tape measure having a transparent section.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a measuring tape. A section of the measuring tape is substantially transparent and thus is configured for passing of a laser beam that is emitted by a laser level. Indicia of the measuring tape are configured to indicate a distance of the laser beam from a terminus of the measuring tape.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Indicia 30 of the measuring tape 12 are configured to indicate a distance of the laser beam 16 from the terminus 26 of the measuring tape 12. Respective indicia 30 are positioned on the section 14, extend into the section 14, and extend across the section 14 so that the respective indicia 30 are viewable from above or below the measuring tape 12, as shown in
In use, the measuring tape 12 is used with a laser level 18. The laser level 18 is positioned on a substrate and emits a vertical laser beam 16. The measuring tape 12 is used to measure a distance between the substrate and the laser beam 16 at several points distal from the laser level 18 to assess whether the substate is plumb. Similarly, the measuring tape 12 and the laser level 18 can be used to determine level of a substate using a horizontal laser beam 16 emitted by the laser level 18.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
