Patent ID: 7228644

Claim:
A carpenter square and tape measure system, said system comprising: a tape measure including a housing having a lower wall, an upper wall and a perimeter wall extending between said upper and lower walls; a square assembly including; a top wall and a bottom wall, each of said top and bottom walls having a generally same shape and size and including a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end edge and a second end edge, a side wall extending between and being attached to said first end edges of said top and bottom walls such that said top and bottom walls are aligned with and spaced from each other; a panel being positioned between said top and bottom walls, a rod extending through said panel and into said top and bottom walls such that said panel may be pivoted with respect to said top and bottom walls, said panel being positionable in a stored position extending from said rod to said side wall or in an extended position extending outwardly from between said top and bottom walls, said panel being telescoping; and said top wall of said square assembly being attached to said lower wall of said housing, said lower wall and said top wall having an approximately same size.