Patent ID: 9719765
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01B

Claim:
1. A method for measuring an antler rack having a plurality of beams, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a flexible measuring tape that includes a front surface having graduated upwardly ascending numerical indicia printed thereon and a rear surface having an adhesive layer; (b) positioning a free end of said measuring tape at a tip of a beam selected from the plurality of beams; (c) extending said measuring tape from the tip of the selected beam to a terminal point of the selected beam; (d) severing said measuring tape adjacent the terminal point of the selected beam so as to obtain a severed portion indicative of a length of the selected beam, said measuring tape including a remainder portion having a new free end; (e) adhering said severed portion to the main beam to indicate the selected beam has been measured; (f) positioning said new free end of said remainder portion of said measuring tape at a tip of another selected beam from the plurality of beams; (g) extending said remainder portion of said measuring tape from a tip of the another selected beam to a terminal point of the another selected beam; (h) severing another portion of said measuring tape adjacent the terminal point of the another selected beam so as to obtain another severed portion indicative of a length of the another selected beam, said remainder portion of said measuring tape including a remainder portion having a new free end; (i) adhering said another severed portion to the another selected beam to indicate the another selected beam has been measured; (j) repeating steps (f) through (i) on another selected beam that is not indicative of having been measured until no more beams remain unmeasured; and (k) visually locating the highest numerical indicia on a last severed portion of said measuring tape adhered to the antler rack so as to determine a total measurement or score of the antler without any tabulation.