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Article: California, Oregon Inventors Develop Foot Measurement Device
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 9, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- Tony Tadin of Woodside, Calif., and Arjen Sundman of Lake Oswego, Ore., have developed a foot measuring method
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a foot measuring system that includes a support surface for a foot, a plurality of movable measurement structures, an inflatable diaphragm for contacting the first end of each structure and forcing a movement of each structure from an initial position toward a measurement position, a measurement device for measuring the measurement position relative to the initial position of each structure, after the movement of each structure, to determine a shape of the foot. Each structure ...