Patent ID: 7074201

Claim:
A measurement device for fitting a bracing device, comprising: a plurality of measurement belts configured to be positioned around a user's body; a plurality of side plates configured to be positioned around a user's body; a plurality of locking mechanisms each operable to adjustably couple one of the measurement belts and one of the side plates; and a plurality of canting mechanisms each coupling one of the measurement belts and one of the side plates, each canting mechanism operable to: allow the associated measurement belt and side plate to rotate about associated pivots to allow the measurement belt and side plate to conform to user's body; and synchronize the movement of the side plate and the measurement belt such that movement of one causes a substantially equivalent movement of the other; the point at which each measurement belt is coupled to the associated canting mechanism and the point at which each measurement belt is coupled to the associated side plate being identifiable by one or more measurement indicators.