Retractable ruler having positioning and holding function

• US 20030074800A1
• Filed: 01/18/2002
• Published: 04/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yu M.I. Huang
• Original Assignee: Yu M.I. Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Yu Mi
• Application Number:
  US10/050,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20030074800A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 33/486
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 7/10 Arrangements for feeding ink to the ball points B43K7/01 takes precedence

Abstract

A retractable ruler having positioning and holding function comprises a first element and a second element. A receiving track is formed on the bottom face of the first element. The second element can be received in the receiving tack, and protrudes out of an opening of the receiving track. Scales are disposed at two sides of the surface of the first element. A holding element is positioned on the second element, and protrudes out of a guide track of the first element. The second element is led to move retractably by the holding element. Scales are disposed at two sides of the second element, or the second element forms a knife shape. The guide track is connected, and is separated into several positioning points. The first element can be pivoted with the holding element as a center. The holding element can be held to steadily use the first element.

Claims

1. A retractable ruler having positioning and holding function comprising:

a first element with a receiving track formed at a bottom face thereof, said receiving track having at least an opening, a top face of said first element having a guide track, scales being disposed at two sides of a surface of said first element;

a second element embedded and inserted in said receiving track of said first element, said second element being capable of moving along said receiving track to protrude out of said opening of said receiving track; and

a holding element positioned and joined on said second element, said holding element protruding out of a guide track of said first element, said holding element being used to lead said second element to retractably move.

2. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 1, wherein scales are disposed at two sides of said second element.

3. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer end of said second element forms a knife shape.

4. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second element forms a knife shape.

5. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said holding element is a retractable positioning element, said guide track of said first element being connected via a groove passage and separated into a plurality of positioning points, said holding element being adjusted and positioned at any of said positioning points, said positioning points being of circular groove shape.

6. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 5, wherein said retractable positioning element comprises a bottom fastener, a slide sleeve, a resilient element, and a top fastener, said second element having a through hole, said bottom fastener including a column body, said column body including a bottom projective edge, a fixing groove being disposed on a top end face of said column body, said column body passing through said through hole of said second element, said slide sleeve being a percurrent tube, a bottom end of said slide sleeve having a projective ring, said projective ring being positioned at said positioning points of said guide track, said resilient element being sleeved between an inner face of said slide sleeve and said column body of said bottom fastener, said top fastener comprising a stopper column, said stopper column having a top projective edge, a lower end of said stopper column being fixed in said fixing groove of said column body.

7. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 6, wherein a bottom face of said bottom fastener is flat, and the bottom face of said bottom fastener is appressed on an object face when said bottom fastener is pressed to move by said top fastener.

8. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 6, wherein an outer peripheral face of said slide sleeve is an annular concave arc contracting toward the center.

9. The retractable ruler having positioning and holding function as claimed in claim 6, wherein a top face of said top fastener is spherical, and the top face partly protrudes out of the top face of said slide sleeve.