Patent ID: 9470519
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A41H,A61B,G01B

Claim Text:
1. A measuring apparatus for determining dimensions of an object, comprising: a stretchable material; a plurality of uniquely identified beacon devices connected to the stretchable material, the beacon devices comprising: a processing unit, wherein the processing unit receives the spatial configurations from the plurality of beacon devices thereby determining the dimensions of the object; wherein the measuring means comprises a rotary encoder, the rotary encoder including: wherein the rotation of the rotatable shaft varies according to a distance between the beacon device and the associated attachment point; wherein the processing unit calculates a distance value and an orientation value of the beacon device by measuring the rotation of the rotatable shaft; the beacon devices are adjacent; and wherein each beacon device includes a number of string loaded wheels equivalent to the number of adjacent beacon devices such that each pair of string loaded reels located within adjacent beacon devices are linked there-between by a common string extending from their respective wheels.