Today may seem like a regular old Tuesday in July, but did you know that today is the one day a year we can officially celebrate the diameter tape measure? Today is Tape Measure Day!
Some fun facts:
- William H. Bangs received the first patent in 1864 for a spring return pocket tape measure
- 1920s: the concave-convex tape measure was invented (the current standard design of tapes); these become mass-produced
- 1956: longest tape measure made- 600’ long!
- Any of these retractable tape measures & diameter tape measures can be imprinted with your logo: