Patent ID: 7363723

Claim:
A hand held measuring device for measuring by a user comprising: a housing having an exterior surface and an interior cavity; a flexible tape having a top surface and bottom surface; said tape engaged to a winding mechanism in said interior cavity; said tape extendable from said interior cavity through an aperture in an end surface of said housing, for a measurement distance; said measurement distance being a distance between a distal end of said tape and a point of reference on said housing; data processing means and electronic memory positioned in said housing; a first video display viewable on said exterior surface of said housing in operative electronic communicating with said data processing means; means for determination of said measurement distance and subsequent communication of said measurement distance electronically, to said data processor; said first display communicating with said data processor to digitally display said measurement distance thereon; software operable with said data processor for determining incremental measurements from an individual said measurement distance upon a user signal; a first input signaling means electronically engaged with said data processor, said first input button activateable to provide a first user signal; a second input signaling means electronically engaged with said data processor said second input button activateable to provide a second user signal; a third input signaling means electronically engaged with said data processor said third input button activateable to provide a third user signal; means to indicate a final user signal; said software operable to ascertain a final measurement notation, upon indication of said final input; said final measurement notation being one of, the sum of the plurality of individual of said measurement distances, or a product of the multiplication of individual of said measurement distances; a battery for electric power operatively engaged to said measuring device; and said software storing each said final measurement notation in memory for employment in a final calculation, whereby one or a plurality of said final measurement notations are stored in electronic memory for use in ascertaining said final calculation to accomplish a task and for display on said video display.