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 easily be used to determine footwear sizes (length and width) in English speaking countries.
Claims20
A shoe size measurement device comprising:
- a housing comprising a first contact surface;
- a retractable tape element displaying indicia configured to selectively extend away from the housing;
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- a flange positioned proximate a distal end of the tape element, the flange configured to contact a first portion of a user's foot and comprising a concavely contoured second contact surface.
A shoe size measurement device comprising:
- a housing comprising a first contact surface configured with one or more topographic contours;
- a retractable tape element displaying indicia associated with shoe sizes configured to selectively extend away from the housing;
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- a flange positioned proximate a distal end of the tape element, the flange comprising a second contact surface.
A shoe size measurement device comprising:
- a housing comprising a first contact surface;
- a retractable tape element displaying indicia associated with shoe sizes configured to selectively extend away from the housing;
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- a flange positioned proximate a distal end of the retractable tape element, the flange comprising a second contact surface, wherein the second contact surface of the flange has a non-flat contoured shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.