ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,151, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Tape measure with reinforced tape blade" was invented by Abhijeet A. Khangar (Pewaukee, Wis.), Jacob Feuerstein (Del Mar, Calif.), Patrick W. McCarthy (Milwaukee) and Collin D. Roesser (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape measure including a reinforced or coated tape measure blade is provided. The reinforcement layer is thicker than the metal inner layer of the tape blade. The reinforcement layer provides a reinforced tape blade such that the elongate tape blade may have a pinch load threshold of greater than 30 lbs. and/or a pinch ...