| US 7,536,794 B2 | ||
| Foot measurement, alignment and evaluation device | ||
| Gordon G. Hay, Marblehead, Mass. (US); Keith M. Orr, Boston, Mass. (US); and Derek Carroll, Marblehead, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Bivab, LLC, Marblehead, Mass. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/914,995 PCT Filed May 19, 2006, PCT No. PCT/US2006/019367 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 20, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/127428, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 30, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of provisional application 60/683224, filed on May 20, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0184572 A1, Aug. 07, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43D 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 33—3B [33/515; 33/286] | 27 Claims |
| 1. 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.
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