Patent ID: 6463670
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A tape measure comprising:a main case; a winding drum having a measuring tape wound thereon, said winding drum rotatable in said main case to allow unwinding and rewinding of said measuring tape thereon; a flexible operating member, slidable on a side face of said main case to be movable circumferentially between a forward and rearward circumferential position thereon; a braking piece on a rear portion of said operating member; and, a locking piece on a front portion of said operating member, wherein a braking action is provided by means of said braking piece making contact with a periphery of said winding drum when said operating member is pressed radially inward when in said rearward circumferential position thereof to bend said operating member so as to deflect said rear portion of said operating member radially inward, and said measuring tape is locked by means of said locking piece being pressed against said measuring tape when said operating member is moved circumferentially to said forward position thereof.