Foot measuring apparatus

Claim 2

Foot-size measuring apparatus comprising a. a housing having an exterior foot-receiving area thereon; b. a heel gauge block affixed to the foot-receiving area having a reference surface provided to define the heel position for foot length measurements; c. first and second ball-foot gauging blocks each having a planar inner face surface with an intermediate curved recess surface provided to accept the curved ball of a human foot; d. means for movably supporting said ball-foot gauging blocks in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of a foot to be measured while maintaining the planar inner face surfaces of the blocks in parallel alignment with the heel-toe line and the ball-receiving surfaces opposite one another on a centerline perpendicular to said heel-toe line; e. means for laterally moving one of said ball-foot gauge blocks with respect to the other to change the width spacing between the inner face surfaces thereof; f. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the laterAl width separations of said ball-foot gauge blocks; and g. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the longitudinal separation along the heel-toe line between the reference surface of said heel gauge block and the perpendicular centerline for the recess surfaces of the ballfoot gauge blocks.

Claim 3

Foot-size measuring apparatus comprising: a. a housing having an exterior foot-receiving area thereon; b. a heel gauge block affixed to the foot-receiving area having a reference surface provided to define the heel position for foot length measurements; c. first and second ball-foot gauging blocks having a planar inner face surface with an intermediate curved recess surface provided to accept the curved ball of a human foot; d. means for movably supporting said ball foot-gauging blocks in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of a foot to be measured while maintaining the planar inner face surfaces of the blocks in parallel alignment with the heel-toe line and the ball-receiving surfaces opposite one another on a centerline perpendicular to said heel-toe line; e. means for laterally moving one of said ball-foot gauge blocks with respect to the other to change the width spacing between the inner face surfaces thereof; f. a toe gauge block supported on said housing for movement in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of the foot to be measured and having a reference surface for contacting the furthest extending toe of the foot to be measured; g. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the lateral width separations of said ball-foot gauge blocks; and h. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the longitudinal separation along the heel-toe line between the reference surface of said heel gauge block and either the reference surface of said toe gauge block or the perpendicular centerline for the recess surfaces of the ball-foot gauge blocks.

Claim 4

Foot-size measuring apparatus comprising: a. a housing having an exterior foot-receiving area thereon; b. a heel gauge block affixed to the foot-receiving area having a reference surface provided to define the heel position for foot length measurements; c. first and second ball-foot gauging blocks having a planar inner face surface with an intermediate curved recess surface provided to accept the curved ball of a human foot; d. means for movably supporting said ball foot-gauging blocks in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of a foot to be measured while maintaining the planar inner face surfaces of the blocks in parallel alignment with the heel-toe line and the ball-receiving surfaces opposite one another on a centerline perpendicular to said heel-toe line; e. means for laterally moving one of said ball-foot gauge blocks with respect to the other to change the width spacing between the inner face surfaces thereof; f. a toe gauge block supported on said housing for movement in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of the foot to be measured and having a reference surface for contacting the furthest extending toe of the foot to be measured; g. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the lateral width separations of said ball-foot gauge blocks; and h. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the longitudinal separation along the heel-toe line between the reference surface of said heel gauge block and either the reference surface of said toe gauge block or the perpendicular centerline for the recess surfaces of the ball-foot gauge blocks.

Claim 5

Foot-size measuring apparatus comprising: a. a housing having an exterior foot-receiving area thereon; b. a heel gauge block affixed to the foot-receiving area having a reference surface provided to define the heel position for foot length measurements; c. first and second ball-foot gauging blocks having a planar inner face surface with an intermediate curved recess surface provided to accept the curved ball of a human foot; d. means for movably supporting said ball foot-gauging blocks in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of a foot to be measured while maintaining the planar inner face surfaces of the blocks in parallel alignment with the heel-toe line and the ball-receiving surfaces opposite one another on a centerline perpendicular to said heel-toe line; e. means for laterally moving one of said ball-foot gauge blocks with respect to the other to change the width spacing between the inner face surfaces thereof; f. a toe gauge block supported on said housing for movement in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of the foot to be measured and having a reference surface for contacting the furthest extending toe of the foot to be measured; g. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the lateral width separations of said ball-foot gauge blocks; and h. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the longitudinal separation along the heel-toe line between the reference surface of said heel gauge block and either the reference surface of said toe gauge block or the perpendicular centerline for the recess surfaces of the ball-foot gauge blocks.

Claim 6

Foot-size measuring apparatus comprising: a. a housing having an exterior foot-receiving area thereon; b. a heel gauge block affixed to the foot-receiving area having a reference surface provided to define the heel position for foot length measurements; c. first and second ball-foot gauging blocks having a planar inner face surface with an intermediate curved recess surface provided to accept the curved ball of a human foot; d. means for movably supporting said ball foot-gauging blocks in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of a foot to be measured while maintaining the planar inner face surfaces of the blocks in parallel alignment with the heel-toe line and the ball-receiving surfaces opposite one another on a centerline perpendicular to said heel-toe line; e. means for laterally moving one of said ball-foot gauge blocks with respect to the other to change the width spacing between the inner face surfaces thereof; f. a toe gauge block supported on said housing for movement in a longitudinal direction along the heel-toe line of the foot to be measured and having a reference surface for contacting the furthest extending toe of the foot to be measured; g. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the lateral width separations of said ball-foot gauge blocks; and h. calibrated means for measuring and indicating the longitudinal separation along the heel-toe line between the reference surface of said heel gauge block and either the reference surface of said toe gauge block or the perpendicular centerline for the recess surfaces of the ball-foot gauge blocks.

Claim 7

Apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein first segmented switch means are provided to measure the longitudinal displacement of said ball-foot gauge blocks from said heel-block and electrically energize cold-cathode display tubes to indicate arch-length foot size and second segmented switch means are provided to simultaneously measure lateral displacement between said ball-foot gauge blocks and electrically energize a cold-cathode type display to indicate arch-width size.

Claim 8

Apparatus in accordance with claim 2 wherein first segmented switch means are provided to measure the longitudinal displacement of said ball-foot gauge blocks from said heel block and electrically energize cold-cathode display tubes to indicate arch-length foot size, second segmented switch means are provided to simultaneously measure lateral displacement between said ball-foot gauge blocks and electrically energize a cold-cathode type display to indicate arch-width size and third segmented switch means are provided to measure longitudinal displacement of said toe gauge block from said heel block and electrically energize cold-cathode display tubes to indicate toe-heel size.

Claim 9

Apparatus in accordance with claim 4 wherein the first and third segmented switch means are connected in parallel with isolating diodes therebetween and switch means are provided to selectively connect a single set of cold-cathode display tubes to either said first or third segmented switch means to indicate arch-length size or toe-heel size respectively.

Claim 10

Apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein adjustable means are provided for changing the fixture position of the heel gauge block over a limited longitudinal distance along the heel-toe line.

Claim 11

Apparatus in accordance with claim 2 wherein adjustable means are provided for changing the fixture position of the heel gauge block over a limited longitudinal distance along the heel-toe line.