Patent ID: 7716848

Claim:
A tape measure device for measuring lengths of an object, the tape measure device comprising: a housing having a slotted opening; a retractable measuring tape wound within the housing, the measuring tape having a free end extending through the slotted opening and a secured end secured within the housing, the measuring tape being alternatingly extractable from and receivable into the housing; a triangular shaped tab secured to the free end of the measuring tape; and rotating means for providing rotation of the tab relative to the free end of the measuring tape; wherein the tab is positionable on and contactable with both edges, at the same time, of an outside corner for measuring any length along any desired angle between the edges of the outside corner; and wherein the tab is positionable against and contactable with both walls, at the same time, of an inside corner for measuring any length along any desired angle between the walls of the inside corner.