With Casing, I.e., Retractable Type Patents (Class D10/72)
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: 9952027
    Abstract: A tape measure includes a housing having a wall defining an internal cavity and a tape port, a coilable measuring tape disposed within the internal housing and having a first end extendable out of the housing, and an end hook member including an attachment portion and a hook portion. The attachment portion is arranged to engage the first end of the tape to attach the end hook member to the tape. The hook portion extends in a direction normal to the attachment portion and includes a first face and a second face arranged to engage the workpiece. A finger guard extends from the housing, and is configured to engage the hook member, and a finger space is defined between the tape port and the finger guard and is arranged to receive a user's finger during operation of the tape measure such that the user's finger engages the measuring tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Wade F. Burch, Scott R. Fischer, Michael S. Steele, Abhijeet A. Khangar
  • Tape measuring device
    Patent number: D653970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: IBT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Robinson, Michael Garcia
  • Tape measuring device
    Patent number: D653971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: IBT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Robinson, Joseph Deguglimo
  • Tape measuring device
    Patent number: D653972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: IBT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Robinson, Joseph Deguglimo
  • Tape measuring device
    Patent number: D653973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: IBT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Robinson, Michael Garcia, Joseph Deguglimo
  • Measuring tape device
    Patent number: D653974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ines Capra
  • Tape measure housing
    Patent number: D655211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. McEwan, Phillip J. Nathan, Robert H. Bruno, Peter James Everett
  • Tape measure with trammel-chalk attachment
    Patent number: D660735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Daniel Petrillo
  • Novelty fish measuring device
    Patent number: D667324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventors: Nathan D. Docter, David A. Docter
  • Tape rule (II)
    Patent number: D667743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Index Measuring Tape Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jason Huang
  • Tape rule (I)
    Patent number: D668565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Index Measuring Tape Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jason Huang
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D670182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sears Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Ross Carl
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D670183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventor: Ross Carl
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D670584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Melvin Colangelo
  • Tape rule
    Patent number: D680888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Ranieri
  • Multi-measure tape
    Patent number: D683638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Brian Fried
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D686514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: IBT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Robinson, Joseph Deguglimo
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D686515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: IBT Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Robinson, Joseph Deguglimo
  • Tool housing
    Patent number: D696596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Lowe's Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Demers, Joseph Allen Berlepsch
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D700530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sears Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Ross Carl
  • Tape measurer
    Patent number: D713750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Eduardo Villalpando
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D716676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Protv Developments Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Tang
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D725513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Nadin Daniel Horovitz, Fanyi Meng
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D726043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Cook, Eric Ranieri
  • Measuring tape
    Patent number: D728397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Top Long Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shao-Fan Kuo
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D729081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Homer TLC, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Nelson
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D729082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Homer TLC, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Nelson
  • Digital tape measure counter
    Patent number: D731335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Inventor: Nathaniel Rhoden
  • Measuring tape
    Patent number: D731336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Inventor: Rebecca Klemm
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D733597
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Hyma, Abhijeet A. Khangar, Scott R. Fischer
  • Proximity marker
    Patent number: D749003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventor: Matthew Pollitt
  • Chalk reel
    Patent number: D753000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
    Inventor: Anthony Michael DeLeo
  • Chalk reel
    Patent number: D753001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
    Inventor: Anthony Michael DeLeo
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D756251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Ranieri, Vincent Cook
  • Tape measure sleeve
    Patent number: D764325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Python Safety, LLC
    Inventor: William Joseph Mathews, Jr.
  • Tape measure housing
    Patent number: D782350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Tobias McKay Bridges, Jonathan Siebert Beckwith, Brendan Michael Walsh
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D783429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Wortelboer, Steven W. Hyma, Kyle C. Anderson
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D783430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Wortelboer, Steven W. Hyma, Kyle C. Anderson
  • Two way measuring tape
    Patent number: D783431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: George Mathew Kowalski
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D785475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Graykowski, Ross McIntyre
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D785476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Graykowski, Ross McIntyre
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D787347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Wortelboer, Steven W. Hyma, Kyle C. Anderson
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D788611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Kyle C. Anderson
  • Measuring tape
    Patent number: D803711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerhard A. Jost, David W. Mueller
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D805930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Yu-Hua Ou
  • Chalk reel
    Patent number: D810595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Cook
  • Chalk reel
    Patent number: D810596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael T. Matteo
  • Pencil holder tool
    Patent number: D812500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: Dario Lopez
  • Tape measure
    Patent number: D817200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: David Andrew Wortelboer, Steven W. Hyma, Kyle C. Anderson
  • Laser tape measure
    Patent number: D839758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS
    Inventors: Ralph J. Mallozzi, Robert H. Bruno, Matthew L. Phillips, Chi Zhang