SAE and metric measuring tape with fractional markings for a tape measure

- Olympia Industrial, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an SAE and metric measuring tape with fractional markings for a tape measure showing my new design on a curved tape;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view being identical;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being identical;

FIG. 4 is similar to FIG. 1, but showing another section of the tape;

FIG. 5 is similar to FIGS. 1 and 4, but showing another section of the tape;

FIG. 6 is similar to FIG. 1, but showing another embodiment of the invention applied to a flat tape;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view being identical; and,

FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being identical.

The remaining views are not ornamental.

The characteristic feature of my invention resides in the representation of the fractions on a measuring tape and their arrangements relative to their associated fractional line markers.

Claims

The ornamental design for a SAE and metric measuring tape with fractional markings for a tape measure, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D239093 March 1976 Balla
D239513 April 1976 Laca
D339305 September 14, 1993 Klein
4696110 September 29, 1987 Walker et al.
5501019 March 26, 1996 Concari et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D439531
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 30, 1999
Date of Patent: Mar 27, 2001
Assignee: Olympia Industrial, Inc. (City of Industry, CA)
Inventors: Richard E. Davis (Pasadena, CA), Zareh Khachatoorian (Northridge, CA)
Primary Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Lackenbach Siegel Marzullo Aronson & Greenspan, P.C.
Application Number: 29/111,484
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Rule, Tape Or Scale (10) (D10/71)
International Classification: 1004;