Patent ID: 7059064
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: A63B,G01B

Abstract:
1. In a device for measuring a distance between a ball on a flat surface and a target including a housing having opposing upper and lower ends and opposing front and rear ends, a spool mounted in the housing, a string wound about the spool and having an end extending outwardly through a rear end of the housing and winding relative to the spool upon rotation thereof in a first direction and unwinding relative to the spool upon rotation thereof in a second direction, a marker attached to the end of the string, and a brake in the housing movable between a first position against the spool inhibiting its rotation and a second position away from the spool permitting its rotation, improvements therein comprising: a support attached to the housing, the support projecting forwardly of the front end of the housing; a rocker arm having opposing upper and lower ends; a first reference mark carried by the support; a second reference mark carried by the rocker arm; the rocker arm attached at an attachment point thereof to the support for pivotal movement between a first position of the lower end away from the front end of the housing and a second position of the lower end toward the front end of the housing aligning the second reference mark with the first reference mark; and the attachment point of the rocker arm positioned relative to the rocker arm biasing the rocker arm in the first position of the lower end of the rocker arm.