Patent ID: 7644510

Claim:
A printed tape system designed to define the positioning/placement of building members and building materials with all indices printed directly on the tape consisting of: a series of building member positioning markers/locators; a series of repeating graduated 48 inch scales with the ending point of a scale being the beginning point of the next scale hence making the end point of the scale and the beginning point of the next scale one in the same; a series of rectangular boxes that define the distance between building members; a series of first king stud indicators that define the location/placement of building members commonly referred to as the king stud; a series of first jack stud indicators that define the location/placement of building members commonly referred as the first jack stud; an array of second jack stud indicators that define the location/placement of building members commonly referred as the second jack stud; an array of second king stud indicators that define the location/placement of building members commonly referred as the second king stud; a series of lines/arrows that indicate the on center relationship between related building member locators; and a series of lines/arrows that indicates the directional relationship between the first king stud and the first jack stud locators to the second jack stud and the second king stud locators.