Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Its a joke right? Nope, its not. Measuring titties is patented.

Patent number 5,965,809 awarded October 12, 1999. I don't believe its happenstance this was awarded during the Clinton administration, not for a minute ;->

US Patent Office
This relates to a method of direct measurement to determine cup size of the breast which includes band size measurement by initially measuring the user's chest or torso circumference with a flexible tape measure immediately below the breasts followed by[...]Next, a measurement conversion is made wherein a measurement of seven inches corresponds to an "A" size cup, eight inches a "B" size cup, nine inches a "C" cup, etc. Each one inch increment determines a cup size[...]


James Gleick has graphic from the patent.

5 comments:

Mike said...

And I hear it is a coveted profession for men to get into. Highly competitive you might say...

Mike said...

And did I mention that there are no complaints about working long hours?

Purple Avenger said...

I've applied for an apprenticeship.

Akaky said...

Oh...well, it was nice of Bill to test drive this device, wasnt it? And kudos to Monica for being the test subject

S. Weasel said...

I once read a long article on mail fraud and the prosecution of the Mark Eden bust developer. In order to get them for fraud, the feds had to prove the product didn't work. This involved, if I recall correctly, cutting tit-shaped holes in sheets of plywood and hanging boobies through them.