Buoyometer
OwnerMichael Frederick Koerschnerinventor
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Abstract
Invention is a device to allow a person to self-measure hydrostatic weight. The method comprises of using the device (Buoyometer) in a pool or other body of liquid of known density to counter the force of gravity pulling the body downwards. The point of neutral buoyancy—that is the point where the Buoyometer's buoyancy exactly equals the gravitational force is measured and from that hydrostatic weight is calculated. Hydrostatic weight is then used to assess body density—and thus body composition—using previously determined empirical equations.
Claims19
A method for determining a hydrostatic weight of a body, the method comprising:
- submerging a body in a liquid, wherein the liquid has a known density;
- positioning a device that is connected to the body such that the device is at least partially outside of the liquid, wherein the device has a known hydrostatic weight, wherein the device comprises an open tube with a gauge, wherein an orifice of the open tube is sealable by a finger;
- moving the device into the liquid until an instance in which a buoyant force on the body is equal to a force of gravity on the body;
- and
- determining a gauge level at the instance in which the buoyant force on the body is equal to the force of gravity on the body by sealing the orifice of the open tube with the finger such that the open tube contains an amount of the liquid.
A device for determining a hydrostatic weight of a body, the device comprising:
- an open tube with a gauge, wherein an orifice of the open tube is sealable by a finger, wherein the gauge of the open tube comprises a float member and a plurality of markings,
- wherein the device has a known hydrostatic weight, wherein the device is connected to a body, wherein the device is configured to determine a gauge level at an instance in which a buoyant force on the body is equal to a force of gravity on the body by sealing the orifice of the open tube with the finger such that the open tube contains an amount of the liquid when:
- the body is submerged in a liquid with a known density;
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- the device is moved into the liquid until the instance in which the buoyant force on the body is equal to the force of gravity on the body, a seal occurring to the open tube at that instance, and
- wherein the float member and the plurality of markings are configured to quantify the buoyant force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.