Foot Measurement, Alignment and Evaluation Device

A foot measuring or sizing device for measuring a foot to be measured, the foot measuring or sizing device comprising:

• a base platform;
• a heel support sized to support a heel portion of the foot to be measured, and the heel support being pivotally connected to the base platform;
• the foot measuring or sizing device having a measurement scale for indicating at least a length dimension of the foot to be measured;
• and
• at least one vertical alignment mechanism, spaced from the heel support, for providing a visual indication to an operator, of the measuring or sizing device, of any deviation from a desire vertical alignment of an ankle of the foot being measured.

A foot measuring or sizing device for measuring a foot to be measured, the foot measuring or sizing device:

• a base platform;
• a heel support sized to support a heel portion of the foot to be measured, and the heel support being pivotally connected to the base platform so that the heel support can pivot, relative to the base platform, and such pivoting of the heel support also alters vertical alignment of an ankle of the foot to be measured relative to the base platform;
• the foot measuring or sizing device having a measurement scale for indicating at least a length dimension of the foot to be measured;
• a foot fin supported by the base platform and the foot fin being slidably along an elongate slot formed in the base platform to facilitate alignment of the foot to be measured with a central plane of the foot measuring or sizing device prior to reading a length of the foot to be measured from a length scale;
• at least one vertical alignment mechanism, spaced from the heel support, for providing a visual indication to an operator, of the measuring or sizing device, of any deviation from a desire vertical alignment of the ankle of the foot being measured.

A foot measuring or sizing device comprising:

• a base platform;
• a heel support for support a heel portion of a foot to be measured, and the heel support being pivotally connected to the base platform;
• the foot measuring or sizing device having a measurement scale for indicating at least a length dimension of the foot to be measured;
• a foot fin supported by the base platform and the foot fin being slidably along an elongate slot formed in the base platform to facilitate alignment of the foot to be measured with a central plane of the foot measuring or sizing device prior to reading a length of the foot to be measured from a length scale;
• at least one slidable foot width measurement device for engaging with a first metatarsal head of the foot during use;
• and
• a pair of alignment uprights being located on opposite sides of the heel support to provide a visual indication to an operator of the measuring or sizing device that an ankle/shin of the foot to be measured is aligned substantially parallel to the alignment uprights.

A foot measuring device comprising:

• a base platform,
• a length measurement mechanism for measuring a length of a foot to be measured along a selected foot centerline;
• at least one of
• a medial measuring mechanism, for measuring a medial arch length of the foot to be measured relative to a centerline of the foot at a first metatarsal, and
• a lateral measurement mechanism for measuring a lateral width of the foot to be measured relative to the centerline of the foot at a fifth metatarsal;
• and
• at least one vertical alignment mechanism, spaced from the heel support, for providing a visual indication to an operator, of the measuring or sizing device, of any deviation from a desire vertical alignment of an ankle of the foot being measured.

A foot measuring device comprising:

• a base platform;
• a length measurement mechanism for measuring a length of a foot along a selected foot centerline;
• at least one vertical alignment mechanism, spaced from the heel support, for providing a visual indication to an operator of the measuring device of the degree of alignment of the foot with respect to at least one of the ankle and the leg;
• and
• a foot fin supported by the base platform, the foot fin being sized to be accommodated, during use, between a big toe and an adjacent toe of the foot to be measured and being slidably along an elongate slot formed in the base platform to facilitate alignment of the foot to be measured with a central plane of the foot measuring or sizing device prior to reading a length of the foot to be measured from a length scale.