US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Nov. 11 for "Tape measure with tape blade profile increasing tape standout" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,730, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Tape measure with tape blade profile increasing tape standout" was invented by Jonathan F. Vitas (Muskego, Wis.) and Abhijeet A. Khangar (Pewaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape measure, including a tape measure blade having a cross-sectional profile to increase standout is provided. The profile has a curved shape that increases standout. The tape blade may have a flat width greater than 33 mm."

The patent was filed on June 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/742,391.

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