Stabilizing device and method for handheld measurement device
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsGregory J. Werner, Kate Ackerman
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Abstract
A stabilizing device for a handheld measurement device. An illustrative embodiment of the stabilizing device includes a device harness adapted to receive the handheld measurement device and having a handle opening and a nose opening and at least one harness attachment device carried by the device harness. A method for taking surface measurements with a handheld measurement device is also disclosed.
Claims5
A method for taking surface measurements with a handheld measurement device, comprising:
- providing a handheld measurement device;
- providing a device harness;
- placing said handheld measurement device in said device harness;
- fastening at least one harness attachment device to said device harness;
- attaching said at least one harness attachment device to a surface to be measured;
- and
- initiating measurement of said surface using said handheld measurement device.
A method for taking surface measurements with a handheld measurement device having a generally elongated body portion, a nose portion provided on the body portion and a handle extending from the body portion, comprising:
- providing a handheld measurement device;
- providing a device harness;
- placing said handheld measurement device in said device harness;
- fastening at least one suction cup to said device harness;
- attaching said at least one suction cup to a surface to be measured;
- stabilizing a measurement end of said handheld measurement device by fitting a stabilizing nose cap on said measurement end of said handheld measurement device and placing said stabilizing nose cap against said surface to be measured;
- and
- initiating measurement of said surface using said handheld measurement device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.