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Article: North Carolina Inventors Develop Housing Included Tape Measure
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 30, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 30 -- Sean M. McEwan and Brian D. Westbrook, both of Raleigh, N.C., and Christopher T. Cluff of Apex, N.C., have developed a tape measure with moving tape exit port.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape measure includes a housing that includes a frame and a mouthpiece body moveable mounted to the frame. The mouthpiece body includes a tape exit port that is moveable, advantageously rotatably, and may include an external recess aligned with the exit port. A measuring tape is supported by the housing and selectively deployable from the housing via the exit port. The movable exit port may allow the tape to enter the housing along a line that is ...