Stadiometer
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1. A stadiometer for measuring the height of a primate comprising:
- an upright rail having upright side walls that converge relative to each other and a back wall forming an upright groove, and side sections extended laterally from each of said side walls, scale means having English and metric graduations on one of said side sections, slide means engageable with and movable along said side walls, said slide means having walls located in friction sliding engagement with said side walls of the rail whereby the slide means maintains its adjusted position on the rail and is manually movable to a selected position on the rail, biasing means located in said groove and engageable with said rail to bias the walls of the slide means in friction sliding engagement with said side walls of the rail, means securing the biasing means to said slide means, a generally horizontal arm secured to said slide means and extended outwardly from said rail, shield means extended over the scale means, means securing the shield means to the slide means, said shield means being movable with the slide means along said rail and relative to the scale means, said shield means having at least a transparent portion located over the scale means whereby the scale means is visible, and means on said shield means aligned with the arm to provide visual information of the location of the arm relative to the scale means thereby providing measurement data of the height of a primate when the arm engages the top of the head of a primate.
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A stadiometer for measuring height of a person to the nearest millimeter and sixteenth-of-an-inch has an upright rail movably supporting a slide carrying a height measuring arm. A scale on the rail is covered with a transparent shield connected to the slide. A line on the shield aligned with the arm is used to read the scale to provide height data of a person.
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1. A stadiometer for measuring the height of a primate comprising:
- an upright rail having upright side walls that converge relative to each other and a back wall forming an upright groove, and side sections extended laterally from each of said side walls, scale means having English and metric graduations on one of said side sections, slide means engageable with and movable along said side walls, said slide means having walls located in friction sliding engagement with said side walls of the rail whereby the slide means maintains its adjusted position on the rail and is manually movable to a selected position on the rail, biasing means located in said groove and engageable with said rail to bias the walls of the slide means in friction sliding engagement with said side walls of the rail, means securing the biasing means to said slide means, a generally horizontal arm secured to said slide means and extended outwardly from said rail, shield means extended over the scale means, means securing the shield means to the slide means, said shield means being movable with the slide means along said rail and relative to the scale means, said shield means having at least a transparent portion located over the scale means whereby the scale means is visible, and means on said shield means aligned with the arm to provide visual information of the location of the arm relative to the scale means thereby providing measurement data of the height of a primate when the arm engages the top of the head of a primate.
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17. An apparatus for measuring the height of an object comprising:
- an upright rail having at least one upright side section, said rail including upright side walls that converge outwardly toward each other providing the sides of an upright groove in said rail, scale means on said side section having graduations providing information as to the height of the object, slide means movably mounted on said rail for movement along said rail, said slide means having walls located in friction sliding engagement with said side walls of the rail whereby the slide means maintains its adjusted position on the rail and is manually movable to a selected position on the rail, biasing means located in said groove and engageable with said rail to bias the walls of the slide means in friction sliding engagement with said side walls of the rail, means securing the biasing means to said slide means, a generally horizontal arm, means securing said arm to said slide means and extended outwardly away from said rail, shield means secured to the slide means extended over the scale means, means securing the shield means to the slide means, said shield means being movable with the slide means along said rail and relative to the scale means, said shield means having at least a transparent portion located over the scale means whereby the scale means is visible, and means on said transparent portion of the shield means aligned with the arm to provide visual information of the location of the arm relative to the scale means, thereby providing data as to the height of the object when the arm engages the top of the object.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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