US 2022/0363440 A1 · CONTAINER FACILITATING MEASURING DIMENSIONS

Abstract

A container (10) and a method facilitating measuring a member, for example measuring the length or perimeter of a user's lower leg e.g. the calf and/or ankle. The method comprises aligning and locating a first datum (24) of the container (10) against a second datum on the member followed by rolling the container's perimeter relative to a section of the member to be measured. Measurement is complete when the container (10) has rolled from the first datum (24) along the minor surfaces until a point of the container (10) reaches an extremity of the member/dimension being measured; the extremity may be the second datum, where a circumference of a member is being measured. When rolling the perimeter of the container (10) is complete a point of the container face (12) will be aligned with a point representing the extremity of the dimension being measured or the second datum. Alignment of two points at the extremity of the measured member is indicative of the dimension of the member. Thereby, the dimension, for example the perimeter, of the member can be determined by reading off markings provided on one or more exterior minor faces of the container or by physically measuring the container perimeter.

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Dependent claims

A container comprising:

a hollow body having an interior configured to contain one or more objects and an exterior configured and operable to perform a measurement of a dimension of one or more members, wherein the dimension of the one or more members is associated with size of the one or more objects to be contained in the container;
wherein the hollow body is defined by two major surfaces spaced by at least one minor surface, wherein a point or edge on the minor surface defines a first datum, which, in use, is located against or adjacent to a corresponding second datum on one of the one or more members;
and wherein the at least one minor surface includes exterior markings, wherein the markings are indicative of a measured dimension;
wherein the minor surface defines a rolling surface, which facilitates measuring a dimension of the one or more members wherein rotating the container along the rolling surface from the first datum point or edge relative to the member to be measured provides a measurement of the member, wherein the rolling action is completed when a point on the minor surface aligns with the second datum, thereby defining the rolled distance, wherein markings at the point on the minor surface represent a measured dimension of the member, which measured dimension facilitates selection of an appropriate size object.

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A method of measuring a dimension of a member, using a container according to any preceding claim, wherein the method comprises:

aligning and locating a first datum of the container against a second datum on the member;
rolling the container, from first datum along the container perimeter, relative to a surface of the member until a point on a minor surface of the container is located against a location indicating an extremity of the member;
wherein aligning the location indicating an extremity of the dimension being measured with a point on a minor surface of the container represents rolling the container along the extent of the required dimension of the first location on the member;
and
determining the required dimension of the member from markings on the container body, where the point on the minor surface aligns with the extremity of the measured dimension.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Container facilitating measuring dimensions

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Container facilitating measuring dimensions

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Abstract

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