Patent ID: 8336377
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
1. An adjustable measuring device comprising (a) a body member having an elongated bowl and a handle, said bowl having side walls with upper edges, a rear wall, a front wall, and a bottom wall, (b) a slidable cover mounted to slide on said upper edges of said side walls and having a dam member with an outer edge shaped to match the internal contours of said bowl to provide a movable rear wall for said bowl, (c) said cover having a pair of side flanges extending downwardly over said upper edges of said side walls and being flexible and dimensioned to snap onto and off of said bowl, and forming an upper edge-receiving space between each of said flanges and said dam member, (d) said darn member having a unitary one-piece structure with a flexible outer edge, said dam member being dimensioned to make an interference fit with the inner surfaces of said bottom wall and said sidewalls of said bowl, and said outer edge contacting said surfaces at an acute angle of substantially less than 45°.