Skinfold caliper for body fat measurement

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A - Human Necessities

61

B

A61B 5/107 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2127888

A skinfold caliper (30) for measuring body fat percentages having two opposing clamping surfaces (38, 40) mounted on rigid arms (32, 34) which are connected at their lower end by a resilient member (36). The caliper (30) in- cludes a cantilever arm (46) having a substantially circular projection (48) en-gaging a dimple (50) formed in the caliper (30) when the clamping surfaces (38, 40) exert a predetermined pressure level. This creates an audible and tac- tile signal to the person performing the measurement indicating that the prede- termined pressure level has been reached. A slide (58) on a measuring scale (52) is engaged by one (34) of the arms (34, 36) as the clamping surfaces (38, 40) move toward one another and releases the slide (58) as the clamping sur- faces (38, 40) move away from one another. The pointer (60) on the slide (58) will thus stay at the point on the scale (52) where the clamping surfaces (38, 40) gauged the thickness of the subcutaneous layer of fat of the skinfold (70).

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