Portable digital plate scale

• US 7,550,683 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2007
• Issued: 06/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amanda Daughtry
• Original Assignee: Amanda Daughtry
• Inventors: Daughtry, Amanda
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson; Randy W
• Application Number:
  US11/713,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20080217073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 177/126, 177/127, 177/262
• US Class Current: 177/126
• 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, a 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. In combination:

(a) a portable digital plate scale for supporting and weighing a dinner plate, said dinner plate having a circular base with a downwardly-depending lip, said plate scale having an upwardly-facing scale plate surface adapted for securely fitting within said lip;

(b) a digital interface and readout for displaying the weight supported upon said plate scale; and

(c) a flexible flat cable joining said digital interface and readout to said plate scale, said cable being of a length permitting said digital interface and readout to extend from under said dinner plate for viewing from above.

2. The combination as recited in claim 1, in which said cable measures approximately 3 mm in thickness by 25 mm in width.

3. The combination as recited in claim 2, in which said cable measures approximately 130 mm in length.

4. The combination as recited in claim 3, in which said digital interface and readout includes an LCD display for displaying said weight supported upon said plate scale.

5. The combination as recited in claim 1, in which said digital interface and readout includes an LCD display for displaying said weight supported upon said plate scale.