Measurement device

A method of measuring an anatomical feature, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a sheet comprising a material and an edge, wherein the material comprises a stiffness and elasticity defined by at least a thickness and basis weight of the sheet;
• cutting a plurality of incisions extending from an edge of the sheet, wherein adjacent incisions of the plurality of incisions are cut such that the adjacent incisions are spaced apart from one another by one or more distances that to define a plurality of cantilevered slats between the incisions and a plurality of hinges located at proximal ends of the plurality of cantilevered slats opposite the edge of the sheet and connects the plurality of cantilevered slats to the sheet;
• pressing the edge of the sheet over the anatomical feature, so as to displace a subset of the plurality of cantilevered slats in a direction towards normal to a plane of the sheet, wherein the stiffness of the material is configured to allow the plurality of hinges to open in the direction towards normal to the plane of the sheet rotating at least the subset of the plurality of cantilevered slats out of the plane of the sheet to a plurality of open positions, and the elasticity of the material is configured to maintain deformation of at least the subset of the plurality of cantilevered slats at the plurality of open positions;
• and
• determining a measurement of a dimension of the anatomical feature based on a number of slats in the subset of the plurality of cantilevered slats at the plurality of open positions.

An anthropometric measurement device comprising:

• a sheet comprising a first edge, a second edge, a length, and a width, wherein the length defines a longitudinal axis of the sheet, the first edge defines the length of the sheet, the second edge defines the width of the sheet, and the first edge is perpendicular to the second edge;
• a plurality of incision markers extending from the first edge of the sheet, wherein adjacent incision markers of the plurality of incision markers are spaced apart from one another by one or more distances and wherein the plurality of incision markers extend:
• along a width axis that is normal to the longitudinal axis, and to a length which extends over half of the width of the sheet;
• a plurality of slats located between the adjacent incision markers of the plurality of incision markers;
• and
• a plurality of hinge regions located at proximal ends of the plurality of slats opposite the edge of the sheet, wherein the plurality of hinge regions connects the plurality of slats to the sheet.