Tape measure anchor

摘要

Provided is a weighted anchor for a tape measure. The device includes a tubular housing with a defined interior volume for holding one or more magnetic weights therein. The weights are positioned around an elevator bolt disposed within the interior volume, then secured within the interior volume via a washer and a bolt. In this way, the weights are arranged in a stacked orientation. The housing can be secured to an end of a standard tape measure, thereby weighing down the same. In this way, the present invention can prevent the tape measure from swinging or otherwise oscillating when measuring long distances.

主权项

1. A tape measure anchor, comprising:
a tubular housing including an open upper end and a closed lower end; a threaded elevator bolt removably mountable into an interior volume of the tubular housing, the elevator bolt including a length larger than a length of the tubular housing; the open upper end including a removable lid for providing access to the interior volume of the tubular housing, the lid including an aperture at a center thereof for receiving the elevator bolt therethrough; the closed lower end including an aperture at a center thereof for receiving the elevator bolt therethrough; one or more weights removably insertable into the interior volume of the housing, each of the one or more weights including a diameter smaller than a diameter of the tubular housing; wherein the one or more weights are removably securable around the elevator bolt, each of the one or more weights including a threaded aperture extending along a longitudinal length thereof configured to threadably engage the elevator bolt; a fastener including a threaded engagement, the fastener configured to threadably engage an end of the elevator bolt.