Patent ID: 8677635
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: positioning a point-to-point measurement tool across the torso of a person to be fitted for custom clothing, such that a first caliper tip of the point-to-point measurement tool rests on the outside of the person's first arm proximate to a center of the first arm's deltoid muscle; adjusting the position of the second caliper tip on the point-to-point measurement tool such that the second caliper tip rests on the outside of the person's opposite arm proximate to a center of the opposite arm's deltoid muscle; determining a point-to-point measurement using the point-to-point measurement tool to determine the distance between the caliper tips while the first caliper tip of the point-to-point measurement tool is resting on the outside of the person's first arm proximate to the center of the first arm's deltoid muscle and the second caliper tip is resting on the outside of the person's opposite arm proximate to the center of the opposite arm's deltoid muscle; centering a length of measuring tape corresponding to the determined point-to-point measurement in an arc across the person's back, with the center of the length of measuring tape substantially at an apex of the arc and positioned substantially at the base of the person's neck, and with the first and opposite ends of the length of measuring tape resting proximate to respective first and opposite intersections of the person's first and opposite arms and shoulders, wherein the location of the first end of the length of measuring tape on the person establishes an indicated first top-of-sleeve point, and wherein the location of the opposite end of the length of measuring tape on the person establishes an indicated opposite top-of-sleeve point; measuring from the indicated first top-of-sleeve point, as established by the location of the first end of the length of measurement tape, to the person's first wrist to determine a first sleeve length; and measuring from the indicated opposite top-of-sleeve point, as established by the location of the opposite end of the length of measurement tape, to the person's opposite wrist to determine an opposite sleeve length.