摘要 |
<p>A measuring tape having a housing with a blade outlet and a blade hub, a flexible elongated blade (546) attached to the hub at one end and coiled into a roll around the hub, and a free end extending from the housing through the blade outlet, and a tab (550) fixed to the free end of the blade, the tab extending in at least two directions (550b) transverse to the lengthwise edge of the blade. The blade has two sets of indicia one set facing the first lengthwise edge of the blade and the second facing the second lengthwise edge of the blade with both sets of indicia increasing in value from the free end of the blade to the housing so that the indicia can be read from either edge of the tape.</p> |