Patent ID: 11913780
Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A measuring tape device comprising:
a housing having an aperture;
a reel assembly enclosed within the housing;
a blade formed from a metallic strip of material having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly; and
an anti-rollover assembly disposed proximate to the aperture,
wherein the blade is cupped to have a concave upper surface and a convex lower surface,
wherein the blade has a first side and a second side that oppose each other relative to an apex of the concave upper surface and the convex lower surface, and
wherein the anti-rollover assembly is configured to enable an operator to selectively flatten the first side or the second side of the blade.