An attachable retainer for mounting on the L-shaped catch assembly of flexible tape is provided. The attachable retainer provides a pear-shaped base plate having peripheral sidewalls defining a lower holding area for receiving flimsy workpieces that would not afford sufficient resistance needed to extend the flexible tape relative to its housing. A curved opening in the base plate receives the catch assembly, while two prongs and a horizontal brace over the curved opening and a tongue element just below the curved opening removably secure the catch assembly. A plurality of teeth provided by the sidewalls enable the attachment retainer to be used on conventional and unconventional workpieces without the need to remove the attachable retainer.

A tape measure attachment device having a securing portion shaped to receive a portion of a tape member of a tape measure, an extension member coupled to the securing portion to form a joint and disposed at a substantially perpendicular orientation to the securing portion, the extension member having an outer face, and having a tab coupled to the extension member and having an upper face defining at least one aperture, a first position along a tab translation path with the tab disposed at a substantially perpendicular orientation to the extension member and extending in a direction away from the outer face of the extension member, and a second position along a tab translation path with the tab disposed at a substantially parallel orientation to the extension member.

Provided is a weighted anchor for a tape measure. The device includes a tubular housing with a defined interior volume for holding one or more magnetic weights therein. The weights are positioned around an elevator bolt disposed within the interior volume, then secured within the interior volume via a washer and a bolt. In this way, the weights are arranged in a stacked orientation. The housing can be secured to an end of a standard tape measure, thereby weighing down the same. In this way, the present invention can prevent the tape measure from swinging or otherwise oscillating when measuring long distances.

An attachable retainer for mounting on the L-shaped catch assembly of flexible tape is provided. The attachable retainer provides a pear-shaped base plate having peripheral sidewalls defining a lower holding area for receiving flimsy workpieces that would not afford sufficient resistance needed to extend the flexible tape relative to its housing. A curved opening in the base plate receives the catch assembly, while two prongs and a horizontal brace over the curved opening and a tongue element just below the curved opening removably secure the catch assembly. A plurality of teeth provided by the sidewalls enable the attachment retainer to be used on conventional and unconventional workpieces without the need to remove the attachable retainer.

A clip for measuring a distance between a first object and a second object with a measuring tape. The clip includes first and second opposing parallel sidewall surfaces and a third wall surface that connects the first and second sidewall surfaces so as to form an inverted U-shape. The clip further includes an affordance (for example a slot) on one or both of the first and second sidewall surfaces for receiving a hook-end of the measuring tape. A distance between the first and second sidewall surfaces is dimensioned to allow the clip to be removably mounted on an object. And this distance is variable due to the expandable material of the third wall surface.