United States patent for the Brannock Device
- Number: 1,682,366
- Issued: August 28, 1928
- Filed: November 4, 1925
- Title: Foot-Measuring Instrument
Specification
particularly simple in construction and easily operated and read by unskilled clerks
need not be made by an expert shoe fitter
The scales are so calibrated that for a perfect foot, the reading by the abutment 6 should be the same as that indicated as the length of the foot along the scale 4 or 5…. However, this very seldom happens…
usually are not the same
particularly advantageous in that a comparatively unskilled shoe fitter or clerk can readily determine the exact size suited for the customer
