TAPE MEASURE AND RULE

摘要

A tape measure having a reel and an outer casing. The outer casing is generally elliptically shaped and is adapted to be held in the hand with the tape extending tangentially from the reel through a generally elongated slot in a sector of its elliptical peripheral wall portion intermediate the minor and major axes of the casing. This construction permits the tape to be withdrawn from the casing along a line which extends substantially parallel to the major axes of the casing without bending of the tape.