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US 2017/0328764 A1Published application
Portable food scales, food scale systems, and methods of using the same
AssigneeReflex Wireless Inc.
InventorChun Cheng Tsai
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Abstract
A portable food scale includes: (a) a body portion having an upper body portion and a lower body portion, wherein a cavity is defined between the upper body portion and the lower body portion; (b) a plurality of load cells housed within the cavity; and (c) a plurality of clip portions securing the upper body portion to the lower body portion, each of the clip portions being engaged with at least one of the plurality of load cells.
Claims20
A portable food scale comprising:
- (a) a body portion having an upper body portion and a lower body portion, wherein a cavity is defined between the upper body portion and the lower body portion;
- (b) a plurality of load cells housed within the cavity;
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- (c) a plurality of clip portions securing the upper body portion to the lower body portion, each of the clip portions being engaged with at least one of the plurality of load cells.
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A portable food scale comprising:
- (a) a body portion;
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- (b) a sensor assembly engaged with the body portion, the sensor assembly including a sensor portion for sensing at least one of (i) proximity of a user and (ii) contact of a user, the sensor assembly being configured to distinguish between motion patterns of the user with respect to the sensor portion.
A food scale system comprising:
- a plurality of distinct food scales, each of the food scales including at least one load cell and a microprocessor,
- the plurality of distinct food scales being configured to operate as a single food scale to weigh a food item,
- the plurality of distinct food scales including a master food scale, and at least one slave food scale, each of the at least one slave food scale being configured to transmit data related to a weight measured using the at least one load cell of the at least one slave food scale to the master food scale.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.