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These shoe-fitting experts in Edmonds and Renton really know their stuff

These shoe-fitting experts in Edmonds and Renton really know their stuff

Glenview couple and Fleet Feet owners lend personal touch to footwear   Showing the results of a foot scan in their Deerfield store, Fleet Feet owners Lisa and Dave Zimmer explain how even the same person's feet can be different. Dave Oberhelman | Staff Photographer   After a knee replacement, Dave Zimmer experienced a vast improvement in comfort from his new ME3D insoles. Dave Oberhelman | Staff Photographer   Fleet Feet co-owner Dave Zimmer displays two key components of the Fit ID process in the Deerfield store: the white foot scanner and the dynamic pressure plate. ...

Did you know the device that measures the size of your feet was made in Syracuse, New York. It's called the Brannock Device and was designed in 1927. Today it's the standard foot measuring tool for the footwear industry. But few know its name and even less know it was evented by Charles Brannock who was born into the shoe business. In 1906 Brannock's father, Otis,  joined with Ernest Parks and opened the Park-Brannock Shoe Co. in Syracuse. Back then, feet were measure with a block of wood. So while at Syracuse University, Charles built a new shoe measuring prototype using an Erector set. ...

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