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I couldn't find this advertised anywhere but it could be useful in the tool-box - masking-tape with metric or imperial measurement markings printed on it, repetitively.
I'm too lazy to list the situations where it would come in handy, [plus a ball-pen], but the suppliers of it should like it.
It
would get used up more rapidly than plain tape.
US patent 3648835
http://www.google.com/patents/US3648835
[xaviergisz, Mar 06 2012]
US patent 4708755
http://www.google.c...&dq=US4708755&hl=en
[xaviergisz, Mar 06 2012]
WO9964813
http://worldwide.es...EPODOC&locale=en_EP
[xaviergisz, Mar 06 2012]
[link]
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Quite good. I can see an application in the tailor's trade for those with inseam-measurement issues. |
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Rather than number it, just put markings for .25, .50, .75 and 1 foot on it. Not too hard to count the right number of lines, and you probably wouldn't be using it for more than a couple of feet anyway... |
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The ol' stand up just keeps coming back, doesn't it Rods? |
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dammit!!! I just had this idea, searched and it's
already done. If anyone's interested, my version was
going to be like Magic Tape only with measurements
marked in deliberately-fading ink. The ink should be
photobleachable or fade on oxidation.... |
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This is a brilliant idea, and don't let [xaviergisz] put
you off. If it's been patented once then, by god, it
can surely be patented again. |
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