February 10, 2014 – Stanley describes its redesigned family of LeverLock tape rules, as “better than the original model in virtually every way”.

The new features include a write-on label for measurements, a non-marring base, and a non-glare blade. An auto-locking mechanism helps prevent injury and blade breakage from fast retraction speed—the blade only extends or retracts when the lever is activated by the user. The updated LeverLock line will be available in seven models: 12 ft, 16 ft, 25 ft, a 25-ft magnetic/fractional read, 25-ft centre read scale, 25-ft engineers scale, and 30 ft.