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Diet control apparatus

  • US 4,310,316 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1979
  • Issued: 01/12/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Diet control apparatus for use by a dieter in following a diet, comprising a plurality of food token means, container means for receiving said food token means therein, and food chart means, said food chart means comprising a list of specific items of foods, said list of specific items of foods being divided into at least first and second generically designated catagories of foods with each of said first and second catagories comprising a selected plurality of said specific items of foods, each of said specific items of food being identified by a commonly accepted name therefor along with a respective physically measurable quantitative unit thereof, said plurality of food token means comprising at least a plurality of first food token means and a plurality of second food token means, said plurality of first food token means carrying first code means, said first code means functioning to designate a particular meal of the day to which said plurality of first food token means pertain, said plurality of second food token means carrying second code means, said second code means functioning to designate an other meal of the day to which said plurality of second food token means pertain, third code means carried by said plurality of first token means, said third code means functioning to designate to which of said first and second catagories respective ones of said plurality of first food token means pertain, fourth code means carried by said plurality of second food token means, said fourth code means functioning to designate to which of said first and second catagories respective ones of said plurality of second food token means pertain, fifth code means carried by said plurality of first token means, said fifth code means functioning to respectively designate on each of said first token means the number of said quantitative units of food from said selected plurality of said specific items of foods in either of said first and second catagories which may be chosen by the dieter as comprising said particular meal, and sixth code means carried by said plurality of second token means, said sixth code means functioning to respectively designate on each of said second token means the number of said quantitative units of food from said selected plurality of said specific items of foods in either of said first and second catagories which may be chosen by the dieter as comprising said other meal.

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