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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Berman, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Steve Love, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
335142 ; 335554 ;
Abstract
A device for measuring a waist of an individual. The inventive device includes a main body having a measuring loop coupled to a first end thereof. A portion of the measuring loop is biased into the main body by a spring for storage to preclude unintentional engagement with surrounding objects and includes an indicator projecting from the main body such that a waist of a child can be measured to select an appropriate diaper size within a store. The device can additionally be utilized for simply estimating a circumference of a portion or waist of a human body absent an actual positioning of the portion of the human body thereinto.