Patent ID: 8763261

Claim:
A footwear measuring apparatus comprising: a body; a plurality of probes configured to extend from the body; one or more measurement devices, mounted to the body, to measure distances that the plurality of probes extend from the body, wherein the distances indicate fit parameters of a footwear, wherein the footwear's fit parameters that are measured by the one or more measurement devices based on extension of the plurality of probes comprise at least one of an internal footwear length, an internal size and shape of the footwear at a toe box region, an internal width of the footwear at a ball-of-foot region, an internal height of the footwear at the ball-of-foot region, an internal volume of the footwear at the ball-of-foot region, an internal height of the footwear at a middle region, an internal width of the footwear at a heel region or a collar height of the footwear; and at least one calibration sensor, mounted to the body, to determine if the footwear measuring apparatus is positioned inside of the footwear.