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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7199709 | Cart fleet management system A hand-operated cart constructed for carrying luggage or packages includes a frame including a cargo area, and cart wheels connected to the frame and connected to a handrail arranged for manually displacing the cart. The cart also includes a distance sensor construc... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7163353 | Adapter for coupling a paint marking stick to a digital counter An adapter by which a conventional paint marking stick that carries a can of spray paint to mark a roadway surface in need of repair is detachably connected to a conventional digital counter having at least one wheel to roll over the surface so as to measure the siz... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7131216 | Distance measuring apparatus A distance measuring apparatus having a frame and a wheel rotatable relative to the frame around a first axis. The wheel has a peripheral surface that can be rolled against a surface upon which a distance measurement is to be taken. The distance measuring apparatus ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118270 | Portable watch A portable watch comprises a case body having a noncircular pipe-attachment hole extending therethrough, and a winding stem pipe removably inserted from outside of the case body into the pipe-attachment hole and having a noncircular outer peripheral portion that coo... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113063 | Rotation sensing Methods and apparatus implementing and using techniques for sensing rotations of a rotating device, including using at least one switch located in a first plane and a magnet rotating in a plane substantially parallel to the first plane about a rotation axis, the mag... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111412 | Wheel vehicle measuring apparatus Disclosed is a vehicle wheel measuring apparatus, comprising a push rod, a counter, a wheel, and a gear coupled mechanism, wherein the counter is disposed on top of the push rod. Through the gear coupled mechanism, the axle center of said counter and the wheel axle ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7044361 | Walker distance measuring device A walker and/or wheelchair distance measuring device comprising a wheel assembly, a measuring assembly and a display. The wheel assembly is capable of attachment to a walker, and includes a support and a wheel. The measuring assembly comprises a sensor having a trig... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040036 | Distance measuring device A distance measuring device includes a housing having a distance meter, a measuring wheel having a wheel axle rotatably engaged into the housing and coupled to the distance meter. A brake wheel is disposed on the wheel axle. A brake arm is pivotally secured in the h... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036241 | Rolling electronic length measuring device An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apar... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6935040 | Cable installation system and related methods A cable installation system for use by a cable installer may include a plurality of cable dispensers having different lengths of cable. In particular, each cable dispenser may also have a non-numeric, length-identifying marking associated therewith corresponding to ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6892470 | Wheeled distance measuring device A distance measuring device having a wheel, a frame, and a distance counter on the frame. The wheel has a radius and an exposed surface that can be rolled against a surface on which a distance measurement is to be taken. The wheel is mounted upon the frame for rotat... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6725553 | Contour measuring device and method The disclosed invention is an improvement on the traditional Measuring Wheel. When the odometry information is combined with two direction sensors and an on-board computer, the instrument is able to perform useful measurements to allow the calculation of an area or ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6532672 | Area measurement device and method An area measurement device having a support to be moved around a boundary. A direction indicator determines the directional orientation of the support and creates direction data. A distance indicator determines the distance traveled by the support and cre... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6249987 | Distance measuring device A distance measuring device for measuring distances between two points. The distance measuring device includes a housing having a top and a bottom. A handle is coupled to the housing. A wheel is rotatably mounted to the bottom of the housing. An electroni... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6173505 | Measurement and marking tool A measurement and marking tool comprising a horizontal member having attachment means for securing a tape measure thereto, and a vertical member emanating from and arranged perpendicularly to the horizontal member. The tool is especially useful in measuri... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5755918 | Hand-held labeling apparatus with measuring device and printer The hand-held apparatus of the present invention includes an integral printer and measuring device so that measurement information obtained from the measuring device may be automatically printed, used to determine additional information to be printed such... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5749522 | Marking device with distance measuring capability A device for discharging the contents of an aerosol container onto a surface which allows an operator to determine the distance the device travels when moved relative to the surface is provided. The device includes a housing having a structure for holding... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5477622 | Electronic hand-held measuring device for obtaining the dimensional weight of a shipment of freight A hand-held measuring device for measure the dimensional weight of the boxes in a shipment of freight includes a gun shaped housing having a tracing wheel located at a front end of the elongated portion of the housing. A handle is located at the back end ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5067249 | Map scaling instrument An instrument for measuring and converting scale dimensions such as, for example, mileage values on a map, includes a housing having a tracing wheel at one end for rolling along route lines on the map. The tracing wheel is connected to operate an actuator... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5052687 | Golf flagstick measuring device A golf flagstick with an attached digital odometer wherein the odometer is placed at the top of the flagstick. When the distance between a golf ball and a hole is to be determined, the flagstick is removed from the hole, turned upside down, and wheeled be... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4989342 | Actuator for a counter on a distance measuring device A distance measuring device is provided consisting of a frame, a wheel mounted to the frame for rotation about an axis and having a peripheral surface to be rolled against a surface to be measured, a distance counter, a lever arm mounted to the counter fo... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4967484 | Method of and apparatus for measuring distances A method of and apparatus for measuring distance selectively along any one or more of an outwardly facing subjacent surface, such as a floor surface, a horizontally facing surface, such as a wall surface, and a downwardly facing surface, such as a sealing... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4532710 | Distance measuring device for golf carts and the like A measuring device for use in golfing is disclosed. The device employs a fixed diameter measuring wheel, a magnetic revolution sensor, and a solar powered digital display to measure and display distance travelled by the wheel. Display and counter are rese... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4308665 | Distance measuring device A manual or vehicle propelled rolling distance measuring unit has a folding frame and support stand and is equipped on the handle portion of the frame with an electrically operated digital counter which responds to the rotary movement of wheel-mounted per... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4276695 | Roller measure device An improved portable mechanical roller measure device for moving forwardly along a surface and thereby measuring a distance there along. The device comprises a housing which supports a rotatable wheel or roller. The rotation of the roller is transmitted t... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4176458 | Distance measuring apparatus A distance measuring apparatus utilizes a removeable wheel journaled to one end of an extensible handle. The wheel is provided with a plurality of equally spaced reflectors or protrusions on one lateral surface thereof. A pick up device, mounted to an adj... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4044471 | Yardage counter attachment for golf carts and the like Yardage measurement attachments for golf carts and the like normally have to be factory installed or else use a fricton type actuator which slips when wet. The present device can be installed readily and easily and without detaching the wheel from the car... | 08/30/1977 |
