Memo tape

Claim 1

A measuring device of the type comprising a housing and a coiled extendible and retractable measuring tape therewithin, said housing comprising front and rear shells and means for connecting the same with a coiled tape disposed therewithin, said front housing shell having an opening extending throughout a major portion of its face area and said rear housing shell having a small centrally located opening therein, a plate having a waxed surface disposed within said housing adjacent and exposed through said front shell opening, said plate having associated therewith a hollow rearwardly projecting stem which is entered in and opens through said small rear shell opening, a transparent flexible and elastic member disposed over said waxed surface of said plate and held marginally between said plate and an inner surface of said front housing shell adjacent said shell opening, an elongated plunger slidably mounted in said hollow stem with a front end portion adjacent said transparent sheet and with a rear end portion projecting from said stem externally of said rear shell for manual manipulation, and a return spring for said plunger operatively mounted within said hollow stem, said plunger being movable forwardly at the urging of manual finger pressure at its projecting rear end portion whereby to urge a central portion of said transparent sheet forwardly away from said waxed plate and to clear the same of memoranda, and said plunger being urged rearwardly by said return spring to an inoperative position where its said front end portion resides substantially in the plane of said waxed plate and where indicia can be placed upon said transparent sheet by stylus, pencil and the like.