Patent ID: 7617615

Claim:
A belt or band-like exercise result measurement article with selectable display and non-display modes, the article comprising: (a) a planar strip of a flexible material having a longitudinal axis, first and second ends, an inner surface having properties of adherence to skin or clothing of a user of said article, and an outer surface formed of a loop or hook-engagable material, said outer surface further having, substantially along an entire longitudinal length thereof, at least one linear scale imprinted upon said surface and parallel to said axis of said planar strip; (b) a buckle having one base thereof affixed to said first end of said strip and an opposing unfixed base; (c) a first segment of a hook material affixed to said inner surface, proximally to said second end of said strip; and (d) a second segment of a hook material affixed to said loop material of said outer surface of said strip, opposing said first segment of a hook material; wherein at said display mode, said second end of said strip is passed through said buckle with said first segment of the hook material attached to said outer surface of said strip and said second segment of the hook material remaining unattached, thereby said opposing unfixed base of said buckle being pressed on said outer surface against a point on said linear scale, said point being visible and displaying a parameter of measurement corresponding to a circumference dimension of a waist or other body part about which said strip is secured; while at said non-display mode, said second end of the strip is passed through said buckle and folded back against said unfixed base of said buckle, with said second segment of the hook material attached to said outer surface of said strip and said first segment of the hook material remaining unattached, thereby said point of said linear scale pressed on by said unfixed base of said buckle being covered by folded portion of said strip, and said parameter of measurement being hidden.