Calorie counting device
OwnerJohn R. Ross, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A calorie counting device comprising a plurality of activity pieces and consumption pieces, a support structure, a balance board and a scale means. The balance board is balanced on said structure along a line that defines a center line. The board has a plurality of locations on one side of said center line for easy placement and removal of activity pieces and a plurality of locations on the other side for easy placement and removal of consumption pieces. Activity pieces represent calories expended during activities. Consumption pieces represent calories consumed. A scale means indicates approximately the net calories gained or lost during a time period or the weight gained or lost during such period.
Claims8
A calorie counting device comprising:
- a support structure,
- a plurality of activity pieces comprised of solid matter, each piece representing a level of human activity and having a weight approximately proportional to the number of calories expended by a particular type of person engaged in said level of activity for a particular period of time,
- a plurality of consumption pieces comprised of solid matter, each piece representing a number of calories consumed in food and/or drink and having a weight approximately proportional to said number of calories,
- a balance board balanced on said structure along a line on said balance board defining a center line, said center line defining two sides of said balance board, such balance board comprising a plurality of location means for easy placement and removal of said activity pieces on one side and said consumption pieces on the other side, and
- a scale means disposed on said support structure to indicate the net calories gained or lost during a time period or the net weight gained or lost during such period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.