Hello, I've invented, patented and will be offering a new tool to the public soon. I just thought I'd give this forum the heads up. It's a one foot repeating ruler printed on clear tape that doesn't pull up the surface when removed. The printing on the tape is red and the name of the product is Red Tape.
Very cool product, I can't wait to see some moron on a job site using it to tape something like a cardboard box closed or to repair a cut on an extension cord.
I think it depends on how you define "invent". For common usage I don't think it's a stretch. Before I made a product I did research tape, measuring devices and all similar inventions. I didn't want to infringe on any existing patents or submit a patent when a similar claim had been made. The patent is pending and my research suggests that most inventions are variations on a theme. I wouldn't go so far as to claim I invented a measuring device where none existed before. In fact, rulers date back prior to 1500 BC (Indus Valley). More accurate forms of measurement exists and people have gotten by without my product without loosing a limb. But there are instances where this simply works better than existing tools. I could not buy this product before I produced it, thus invent really isn't too wild a claim.
If there's a market and you believe in the idea, go for it. :-) If you were taking a jibe I think a better one might have been "I think I'll invent a milk jug with quart marks on it." Or, perhaps, "I think I'll invent a shoe with self guiding laces." hehehehehe.
I use my big Kline screwdriver as a chisel and to punch out electrical box knock outs and of course my Kline lineman's pliers as a hammer and a reamer.
Labelling each and every quarter inch increment with it's fractional description looks a bit clumsy to me. I'm guessing that you put some thought into this, maybe along the premise that it is easier for complete neophyhtes to use, but I think it's a bit overkill for anyone who has ever used a linear distance measuring device.
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