Patent ID: 7340842

Claim:
A measuring bedding article for measuring at least a portion of a human body, said measuring bedding article comprising: a member for use as bedding, said member comprising a single layer of a single material and having opposing edges, said single material being sufficiently flexible so as to enable wrapping of said member at least partially around a mattress of a bed; a measuring aid present on said member for making distance-related measurements of at least a portion of a human body, said measuring aid having first and second ends with at least one end being located at a distance offset from one edge of said opposing edges of said member; and a recordation portion present on said member and adapted for recordation thereon of (i) measurement data pertaining to multiple distance-related measurements of at least a portion of a human body and (ii) date data associated respectively with said measurement data, wherein said measurement data and associated date data display changes over time in the size of said portion of said human body.