Patent ID: 6931734

Claim:
A system in conjunction with a retractable tape measure device, the device being characterized as having housing and a self-recoiling measuring tape housed therein in a spooled orientation, the measuring tape being slidably disposed within a slot defined by the housing through which the tape can be deployed and retracted, the measuring tape having spaced demarcations permanently affixed thereto to facilitate measuring distances, the measuring tape ending at a distal end in a right-angled member defining an elongated slit therein, the system comprising; a clip comprising a body member having a generally flat, planar, center portion terminating at a lower end in a bottom edge and terminating at an upper end in an upper edge; a tongue member connected to the upper edge at a substantially ninety-degree angle relative to the body member, the tongue member adapted to be removably placed within the housing slot below the measuring tape; a spring member connected at a generally mid-section of the body member generally co-extensively with the tongue member and spaced therefrom to hold the tongue member in the housing slot by spring action; the upper edge and a front surface of the body member aligning in parallel relationship with the measuring tape demarcations to facilitate accurate detection of distances being measured by the measuring tape.