Brannock Device shoe sizes of men, women, and children; they also produce specialized models for fitting other types of footwear. Brannock Device The Brannock Device is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for measuring a person's shoe size. The son of a shoe industry entrepreneur, Brannock attended Syracuse University, New York. Brannock spent two years developing a simple means of measuring the length, width, and arch length of the human foot. He eventually improved on the wooden RITZ Stick, the industry standard of the day, patenting his first prototype in 1925 and an improved version in 1927. The device has
Shoe size , Mexico, and European countries. Mondopoint system is also used by NATO and other military services. The standard is maintained by ISO Technical Committee 137 "Footwear sizing designations and marking systems"; as of 2018, a new revision is under development. In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the Mondopoint system is used as defined by national standard JIS S 5037:1998 and its counterparts CNS 4800-S1093:2000 and KS M 6681:2007. Foot length and girth (foot circumference) are taken into account. The foot length is indicated in centimetres; an increment of 5 mm is used. The length is followed by designators for girth