Object Details
- Description
- On one side, this 12" white plastic ruler has a scale of inches without any subdivisions along one edge and a scale of inches divided to 1/2" along the other edge. The ruler is marked: SAFE-T Products™, Inc. (/) Bensenville, IL 60106-0316. It is also marked: 4-in-1 PRIMARY SAFE-T RULER® 43032. It is also marked: SAFE-T PLASTIC®.
- The other side has a scale of 30 centimeters along one edge, without any subdivisions, and a scale of inches divided to 1/4" along the other edge. This side is marked: 4-in-1 PRIMARY SAFE-T RULER® 43032. It is also marked: SAFE-T PLASTIC®.
- Safe-T Products, Inc., was established in La Grange, Ill., in 1992 to make drawing instruments that were safe for children. Since model 43032 was flexible, it could also be used to measure arcs and circles. It sold for 89¢ in 2000. In 2006 Safe-T was absorbed into Classroom Products Warehouse of Vernon Hills, Ill.
- References: Classroom Products Warehouse, "About Us," http://www.classroomproductswarehouse.com/cpw/aboutus.jsp; accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- distributor
- Extra Measures, Inc.
- maker
- Safe-T Products, Inc.
- date made
- 2000
- Credit Line
- Gift of Extra Measures, Inc.
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 30.6 cm x 2.6 cm; 1/32 in x 12 1/16 in x 1 1/32 in
- Object Name
- rule
- scale rule
