Patent ID: 8375595

Claim:
A rule assembly comprising: a housing; a reel rotatably mounted in the housing; an elongated blade arranged to be wound on the reel and to be extendable through an opening in the housing; an end hook member having a mounting portion and a hook portion, the mounting portion of the end hook member attached to the elongated blade, the hook portion having a forward surface and a rearward surface, the end hook member capable of limited movement relative to the blade between an extended position and a retracted position; and a removably attachable magnet assembly comprising an assembly mounting portion and a magnet, the assembly mounting portion configured to removably fix the magnet assembly relative to the elongated blade such that a forward surface of the magnet is removably fixed at a position that is aligned with or approximately aligned with the forward surface of the hook portion with the end hook member in its retracted position.