Diet control apparatus
First Claim
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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Abstract
A diet control means is shown as having lists of various food categories with each of such categories, in turn, listing specific items of food and the respective quantities thereof which constitute what may be referred to as obtainable with a single ticket; a plurality of containers, corresponding to the number of meals to be eaten during a twenty-four hour period, respectively contain a plurality of tickets which are, in turn, redeemable for obtaining a quantity of dieter-selected specific food item within the food category designated by the respective ticket; as the tickets are thusly redeemed during the twenty-four hour period, such tickets are considered spent and placed as within a container for the collection thereof.
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19 Claims
- 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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19. Diet control apparatus, comprising food token means, container means effective for receiving said food token means therein, and food chart means, said food chart means comprising a list of specific foods along with respective physical quantitative limits, each of said quantitative limits defining a respective unit of said specific foods, said token means comprising legend means, and said token means being employable for being redeemed for such units of such of said specific foods as defined by said legend means, said container means comprising structure defining a plurality of distinct chamber means, wherein respective ones of said plurality of distinct chamber means relate to respective meals to be consumed by a dieter during a day, wherein said food token means are received within said plurality of distinct chamber means according to said respective meals to which said food token means relate, wherein said structure also comprises an additional spent chamber, said spent chamber being effective for receiving therein such of said food token means as are redeemed, said structure being foldable in a manner whereby said plurality of distinct chamber means and said spent chamber are placed in a generally successive juxtaposed relationship with respect to each other, wherein said structure further comprises a generally medially situated first body portion with said spent chamber being defined by said first body portion, a second body portion operatively connected along one of its ends to a first end of said first body portion with one of said plurality of distinct chamber means being defined by said second body portion, a third body portion operatively connected along one of its ends to a second end of said first body portion with a second of said plurality of distinct chamber means being defined by said third body portion, a fourth body portion operatively connected along one of its ends to a third end of said first body portion with a third of said plurality of distinct chamber means, wherein said second body portion is foldable with respect to said first body portion generally about where said first and second body portions are operatively connected to each other, wherein said third body portion is foldable with respect to said first body portion generally about where said third and first body portions are operatively connected to each other, and wherein said fourth body portion is foldable with respect to said first body portion generally about where said fourth and first body portions are operatively connected to each other.
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