Geometrical instruments – Distance measuring – By flexible tape
Patent
1993-11-12
1995-05-16
Will, Thomas B.
Geometrical instruments
Distance measuring
By flexible tape
33765, 33759, 33512, G01B 310
Patent
active
054149436
ABSTRACT:
A measuring device having two measuring tapes held on separate reels in a housing. The housing has two windows for displaying measurement indicia appearing on each tape. The tapes are spring biased toward the fully wound condition. Each tape has a button controlled clutch locking each respective tape in an extended condition. In a preferred application, a user draws a first tape around her torso just below the breasts, connects the tape to the end of the second tape at the housing, and locks this tape when taut. The device is moved upwardly, now encircling the breasts also, and the second tape is extended to accommodate the additional girth. The second clutch locks the second tape in position. The device is removed from the user's body, and sizes displayed in the windows are read. The first tape measures and indicates rib cage girth, and the second tape converts the additional measurement to cup sizes. The windows expose only the relevant data from each respective tape, maintaining the data visible while the tapes are locked in the extended condition. When the clutches are released, both reels rewind.
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Siemens Terrance L.
Will Thomas B.
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