ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,193, issued on April 29.
"Dustproof counter device of measuring wheel" was invented by Yin-Wu Lai (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dustproof counter device of a measuring wheel has a base, a counter, and a pedal setting component. The base has a component opening formed through a top of the base and a dustproof flange protruding from the base and surrounding the component opening. The counter is disposed in the base and has a zeroing button extending into the component opening of the base. The pedal setting component has a dustproof cap covering and surrounding the dustproof flange of the base, and abutting against t...