A measuring device and method for measuring a volume of a gel-like, powder-like or liquid-like material is provided by defining a desired volume of the material, moving a peripheral measuring edge of a longitudinal inner member along an inside wall of a longitudinal outer member to the desired volume corresponding to an indicator indicated at one of a plurality of measurement positioning stops, filling the material in the longitudinal outer member on top of the longitudinal inner member, moving the peripheral measuring edge of the longitudinal inner member to a second measurement positioning stop, and releasing the material out of the longitudinal outer member.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10/914,535, filed on Aug. 9, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,948,366 entitled "Adjustable Measuring Device and Method", which claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/494,177, filed Aug. 11, 2003; the subject matter of which both are incorporated herein by reference.
