Patent ID: 8407909
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. A tape measure carrier and gauge for supporting a coiled metal tape style of tape measure, a semi-enclosed housing having: a lens piece having a clear lens and a mounting base, wherein mounting base is adapted to be releasably mounted to said front end of said sidewall wherein said lens is mounted cantilevered from said mounting base so as to be disposed in substantially parallel spaced-apart array over said shelf when said lens piece is mounted on said front end of said sidewall, said lens having a cross-hair formed therealong so as to extend along said lens orthogonally from said sidewall, and wherein said thickness of said sidewall is sufficient for the clip to mount on said sidewall of said tape measure carrier to frictionally engage over and down along said sidewall as the tape measure is translated downwardly to releasably matingly engage the clip onto said sidewall, and wherein said semi-enclosed housing is sized so that the tape measure at least partially fills said semi-enclosed housing when mated thereon without the tape measure having to necessarily seat against said rear wall, whereby a variety of sizes of the tape measure are accommodated within said carrier, and wherein a pre-determined known distance is formed from said rear stop to said cross-hair, whereby a measured distance measured along the tape measure tape between said cross hair and the distal end of the tape is summed with said known distance to provide a total measurement from said rear stop to the distal end of the tape, and wherein said known distance from said rear stop to said cross-hair is an integer unit number of length units whereby calculation of said total measurement from said rear stop to the distal end of the tape is simplified, and wherein the longitudinal position of said rear stop may be adjusted inwards or outwards by use of said adjustment means incorporated into said rear stop, and wherein said known distance from said rear stop to said crosshair may be fractionally adjusted shorter or longer, whereby said known distance may be calibrated to an exact benchmark of said known distance, or be adjusted to compensate for, and accommodate a variety of individual tape measures having varying degrees of accuracy.