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US 2011/0033021 A1Published application
System, method and apparatus for counting stacked objects
OwnerTimothy A. Freriksinventor
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Abstract
An application for a device for directly measuring the number of homogeneous objects in a linear collection of homogeneous objects. In a preferred embodiment, the device is an elongated object having one or more sets of gradients in which each set of gradients corresponds to a specific type of homogeneous objects and each gradient represents a specific count of the specific type of homogeneous objects
Claims20
A counting device comprising:
- an elongated body having a first end, a distal second end, a front surface, a back surface, a first side edge and a second side edge, the side edges running from the first end to the second end;
- a plurality of gradients on the front surface of the elongated body, the gradients in proximity to least one of the first and second side edges, the gradients spaced and labeled corresponding to a specific set of homogeneous objects to be counted, each gradient representing a number of the homogeneous objects to be counted.
A method of counting homogeneous objects comprising:
- providing a counting device comprising:
- an elongated body having a first end, a distal second end, a front surface, a back surface, a first side edge and a second side edge, the side edges running from the first end to the second end;
- a plurality of gradients on a surface of the elongated body, at least a subset of the gradients in proximity to at least one of the first and second side edges, the gradients spaced and labeled according to a specific set of homogeneous objects to be counted, each gradient representing a number of the homogeneous objects to be counted
- placing the counting device next to a linear collection of the homogeneous objects such that the first end of the elongated body is positioned next to a first end object of the linear collection of homogeneous objects;
- and
- reading a count of the homogeneous objects from a gradient marker that aligns with a distal end object of the linear collection of homogeneous objects.
3 more elements
A counting device comprising:
- a means for measuring a height of a linear collection of homogeneous objects, the means for measuring directly indicating a number of the homogeneous objects in the linear collection of homogeneous objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.