Shoe size measurement devices and methods
OwnerFaye Cary Waldruminventor
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Abstract
A measurement device that allows all users to conveniently and discreetly determine appropriate general footwear measurements at any age is disclosed. The device may include a housing having a contact edge configured to receive the heel or a first side edge of the user's foot, a retractable tape configured to extend outwardly from the housing, and a toe flange proximate the distal end of the retractable tape that is configured to receive the toe or a second side edge of the user's foot. The retractable tape may have indicia of barleycorn units of measurement that can be easily be used to determine footwear sizes (length and width) in English speaking countries.
Claims19
A measurement device configured to measure a shoe size associated with a user's foot, the device comprising:
- a housing having a foot contact surface configured to contact a first portion of the user's foot;
- a retractable tape element configured to selectively extend away from the housing, the retractable tape element comprising top and bottom surfaces, with at least one of the top and bottom surfaces having indicia associated with shoe sizes;
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- a flange positioned proximate a distal end of the tape element, the flange configured to contact a second portion of the user's foot and having a downwardly extending portion and a concavely contoured toe contact surface.
A measurement device configured to measure a shoe size associated with a user's foot, the device comprising:
- a housing having a foot contact surface configured to contact a first portion of the user's foot, wherein the foot contact surface is configured with one or more topographic contours;
- a retractable tape element configured to selectively extend away from the housing, the retractable tape element comprising top and bottom surfaces, with at least one of the top and bottom surfaces having indicia associated with shoe sizes;
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- a flange positioned proximate a distal end of the tape element, the flange configured to contact a second portion of the user's foot.
A measurement device configured to measure a shoe size associated with a user's foot, the device comprising:
- a housing having a foot contact surface configured to contact a first portion of the user's foot;
- a retractable tape element configured to selectively extend away from the housing, the retractable tape element comprising top and bottom surfaces, with at least one of the top and bottom surfaces having indicia associated with shoe sizes;
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- a flange positioned proximate a distal end of the retractable tape element, the flange configured to contact a second portion of the user's foot, wherein an inner contact surface of the flange has a non-flat contoured shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.