MEASURING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR SIZING COMPRESSION GARMENTS

摘要

A strip of material (102) with at least one start marker (108) and a plurality of rows (110) of object markers designating body parts to be sized, directional markers (114) designating orientation of the strip, size markers (116) and size indicia (119). The size markers (116) demarcate subranges of body part measurements and are arranged relative to the start marker (108). Size indicia (119) are arranged between the size markers (116) and designate and are correlated to garment sizes. Stretch characteristics of the garment being sized are accounted for by the use of adjusted size marker positions, a stretch material, or a compression/elasticity correlation graph. A method of sizing compression garments includes the steps of wrapping the measuring article generally around a body part, overlapping the measuring article with itself, reading the garment size indicia from the measuring article, and entering the garment size indicia in a garment order system. The proper garment size for the body part is determined directly by use of the measuring article without the need to annotate a body part measurement or refer to a conversion chart for garment sizes.