Patent ID: 8196308

Claim:
A marking apparatus for a measuring tape unit, the marking apparatus comprising at least one marking member configured for marking a surface, the marking member including at least one lip portion structured to be pressable by a finger of a user to mark a surface, the lip portion being structured to extend along a first side of a housing of the measuring tape unit and also along a second side of the housing adjacent the first side, wherein the lip portion is structured to enable a user to mark a surface being measured by a measuring tape extendible from within the housing of the measuring tape unit for measuring at least a portion of the surface; and wherein the at least one marking member further includes a supporting element extending from the lip portion towards the surface to be marked, the supporting element including a projection adapted to mark the surface, and wherein the supporting element further comprises at least one protruding tab extending from a surface thereof, each protruding tab of the at least one protruding tab adapted to be slidably received in an associated channel coupled to the housing of the measuring tape unit.