Growth measuring device

Claim 1

A GROWTH INDICATING DEVICE COMPRISING, A UNITARY PEDESTAL HAVING RELATIVELY THICK INTERIOR CROSS WALLS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ONE ANOTHER AND HAVING A TOP PLATFORM HAVING INTEGRAL HEEL AND SOLE ABUTMENTS, SAID PLATFORM HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUITABLY DISPOSED CALIBRATED SLOTS FOR OBTAINING THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF FEET AND SHOES, A PLANAR INDICATOR DISPOSED SLIDEABLY IN EACH SLOT AT A RIGHT ANGLE THERETO AND A HEIGHT INDICATING MEANS REMOVEABLY SECURED TO SAID PEDESTAL, SAID HEIGHT INDICATING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF CO-ACTING THREADED RODS THE TOP ROD OF WHICH IS CAVITATED, CALIBRATED ROD MEANS HAVING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED EXTENDING HEAD ENGAGING ROD AND A DEPENDING CALIBRATED ROD ADAPTED TO BE SLIDINGLY DISPOSED IN THE CAVITATED ROD, AND SLIDE MEANS HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN DISPOSED ON SAID TOP CAVITATED ROD, SAID SLIDE MEANS HAVING A HORIZONTAL CHANNEL THEREIN FOR RETAINING A CARDBOARD WHEREBY THE HEIGHT OF A PERSON STANDING ON SAID PEDESTAL MAY BE SCRIBED ONTO SAID CARDBOARD USING THE HEAD ROD AS A LINE OF REFERENCE.