Patent ID: 8020312

Claim:
In combination with a tape measure, an apparatus for measuring, marking and cutting a panel having an upper surface, the tape measure having a housing and a self-recoiling measuring tape extendible from the housing, the measuring tape having a distal end, said apparatus comprising: (a) a tape measure encasement assembly for encasing a portion of the tape measure housing, said tape measure encasement assembly including a base having a downwardly extending guide segment; (b) a clip assembly connected to the distal end of the measuring tape, said clip assembly comprising a hollow housing having a top wall provided with a slot and a pair of spaced apart side walls each having a cavity formed therein; and (c) a cutting assembly connected to said clip assembly, said cutting assembly comprising a scoring blade receivable within said slot in said top wall of said hollow housing of said clip assembly and a pair of spaced apart connector members having end portions receivable, said cavities formed in said side walls of said clip assembly.