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A Brannock Device is a tool for measuring the human foot, generally as part of the process of fitting shoes. In the United States, the Brannock Device is considered an industry standard, and is present nearly everywhere where shoes are available for sale. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
shoe for right foot A shoe is a piece of footwear for humans, less than a boot and more than a slipper. ...
Physical description and use The Brannock Device resembles a long oval made of metal. The foot to be measured is placed within this oval, with a sliding pointer along a ruler-like scale to determine length measurement. There is also a protrusion along the side with another sliding pointer to gauge foot width. The exact size and colour is different depending on the model of Brannock Device. Though the standard models (men's, women's, and children's) are most familiar, numerous specialty Brannock Devices exist, to measure for in-line skates, Hockey skates, safety shoes, etc. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
History A registered trademark, all Brannock Devices are made by the same company, The Brannock Device Co, Inc. of Liverpool, New York (originally, nearby Syracuse). The Device itself was invented by Charles F. Brannock in 1925 as an improvement on the then-standard shoe sizer, a wooden ruler-like device called a RITZ Stick, which is still made but is much less common. The invention was patented in 1928, and Brannock continued to run his company until his death in 1992. Original Brannock Devices can be found in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Appearances in popular culture Brannock devices have often appeared in movies and television series as part of the atmosphere of a shoe store setting. They have been observed in action on The Simpsons, Married: with Children and Are You Being Served?. Homer, a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, is a generally well-meaning buffoon whose short attention span often draws him into outrageous schemes and adventures. ...
Are You Being Served? was a British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. ...
Two different rock bands call themselves The Brannock Device, one American band and one Canadian band. The Brannock Device Co. does not seem to mind.
In 2002, the first known toy version of the Brannock Device was made by Playmates Toys as an accessory for Gil, a salesman character from their Simpsons action figure line. Measuring about an inch in size, the toy version was called the Branrock Device. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
References - Lukas, Paul - Inconspicuous Consumption: An Obsessive Look at the Stuff We Take for Granted, from the Everyday to the Obscure (ISBN 0517886685)
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