Portable digital plate scale

• US 20080217073A1
• Filed: 03/05/2007
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amanda Daughtry
• Original Assignee: Amanda Daughtry
• Inventors: Daughtry, Amanda
• Granted Patent: US 7,550,683 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 177/210R
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4146 for controlling caloric intake, e.g. diet control

Abstract

The invention at hand represents a dieter'"'"'s food scale that fits within the base of a plate. It contains a plate scale, supportive cord and a digital interface. The supportive cord holds the digital interface firmly in place yet out from under the dinner plate so that an LCD on the digital interface can be clearly viewed. The scale is capable of weighing and displaying the weight of each serving while simultaneously memorizing and storing a weeks activity. A dieter can zero, reset and switch between grams and ounces. The invention at hand is small and compact so that it can be carried off site to use 24/7 in almost any environment. It is battery operated and automatically shuts off to preserve battery life.

Claims

1. Portable digital dinner plate scale capable of supporting 5000 grams.

2. Comprised of a plate scale, cord and digital interface.

3. Battery operated.

4. Scale plate approximately 15 mm thick that fits within the base of a dinner plate, saucer or bowl with such base measuring between 50 m and 150 mm

5. Flat, flexible, firm highly supportive interconnecting cord measuring approximately 3 mm×

25 mm×

130 attached between scale plate in claim 4 and digital interface in claim 6.

9. Digital interface claim 6 that'"'"'s is fully supported and suspended by cord in claim 5.

6. A user controllable water resistant digital interface that is capable of displaying measurements between 0.01 to 2500 grams

7. Digital interface in claim 6 that includes and off/off switch, zero, reset, grams and ounces.

8. Digital interface in claim 6 that has a storage memory for multiple events.

10. Multi sized or scaleable scale plate platforms that are lightweight and water resistant.