Patent ID: 7076881

Claim:
A learning and measuring device including a standard measurement scale, said learning and measuring device consisting of: a ruler-type structure having a first side and a second side, a top, a bottom, and a pair of ends, said ruler-type structure having a length of about twelve and one-half inches and a width of about one and one-half inches; said ruler-type structure first side including: (a) a first vertical line about three-eights of an inch from one of said ends of said ruler-type structure, and a second vertical line twelve inches from said first vertical line, said first and second vertical lines extending from said top to said bottom of said ruler-type structure; (b) a first horizontal line located about one-quarter inch from said top and extending between said ends, the area bounded by said top, said first and second vertical lines and said first horizontal line defining a foot scale; (c) a second horizontal line located about one-half inch from said top and extending between said ends, the area bounded by said first horizontal line, said first and second vertical lines, and said second horizontal line defining an inch scale, said inch scale being evenly divided by eleven vertical markings extending between said first and second horizontal lines; (d) a third horizontal line located about three-quarters of an inch from said top and extending between said ends, the area bounded by said second horizontal line, said first and second vertical lines, and said third horizontal line defining a one-half inch scale, said one-half inch scale being evenly divided by twenty-three vertical markings extending between said second and third horizontal lines; (e) a fourth horizontal line located about one inch from said top and extending between said ends, the area bounded by said third horizontal line, said first and second vertical lines, and said fourth horizontal line defining a one-quarter inch scale, said one-quarter inch scale being evenly divided by forty-seven vertical markings extending between said third and fourth horizontal lines; (f) a fifth horizontal line located about one and one-quarter inch from said top and extending between said ends, the area bounded by said fourth horizontal line, said first and second vertical lines, and said fifth horizontal line defining a one-eighth inch scale, said one-eighth inch scale being evenly divided by ninety-five vertical markings extending between said fourth and fifth horizontal lines; (g) the area bounded by said fifth horizontal line, said first and second vertical lines, and said bottom defining a one-sixteenth inch scale, said one-sixteenth inch scale being evenly divided by one-hundred, ninety-one vertical markings extending between said fifth horizontal line and said bottom.