Patent ID: 7581333

Claim:
A measurement tape comprising: an elongate flexible generally flat strip having parallel straight edges and a first and opposite side, said first side having indicia printed thereon and of a composition permitting erasable writings thereon, and said opposite side having a pressure sensitive adhesive portion; a first edge of said straight edges including sequentially repeated sections comprised of a twelve-inch section, each one-inch subdivided into one-sixteenth inch segments, and the other of said straight edges comprised of a 25 centimeter section, each centimeter divided into 10 millimeter segments; symbols located along said tape at repetitive intervals for accepting selected erasable written measurement references therein; at least one of said straight edges providing a longitudinal level indicator line; the composition of said tape and said adhesive permits easy removal of said tape from a work surface for repeated reuse of said tape or of selected lengths of said tape; and wherein said symbols are located along said first edge of said tape at the 4, 8, and 12-inch locations, and along said other edge of said tape at the five and 25 centimeter locations.