Slatted-frame measurement device
OwnerThomas Lorenzinventor
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Abstract
A measurement device for determining the dimensions of a specific user in order to optimally configure a slatted bedframe for the user. The device has a plurality of cross members, each cross member measuring the height of a specific measuring point on the user, such as shoulders, waist, hips. The cross members are coupled to each other by a height-adjustment system that is based on the standard height proportions of the human body. Manually adjusting the height of one cross member, for example, the shoulder height, results in the hip and waist cross members automatically being adjusted to the appropriate heights. Pairs of calipers are provided on each cross member that are adjustable in width, for measuring the widths at the selected measuring points.
Claims11
A measurement device for determining the dimensions of a specific user at several measuring points on the user's body, the measurement device comprising:
- a plurality of cross members that include at least a first cross member and a second cross member, each cross member of the plurality of cross members being horizontally oriented and allocated to a specific one of the measuring points;
- a pair of calipers slidably mounted on a respective one of each cross member, the calipers extending horizontally and orthogonally outward from the respective cross member and being adjustable to a width of the specific one of the measuring points;
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- an adjustment system for adjusting a height of each of the cross members to a height of a respective one of the several measuring points on the user's body, the adjustment system including a plurality of gears corresponding in number to the plurality of cross members, the plurality of gears operating at a common angle of rotation;
- wherein each cross member is coupled to a specific one of the gears;
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- wherein a height adjustment of the first cross member automatically results in a height adjustment of the second cross member, the height adjustment of the first cross member being a first distance and the height adjustment of the second cross member being a second distance that is different from the first distance.
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