Scale with use reminder and weight change messages
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Abstract
A scale with use reminder and weight change messages including a scale portion capable of accurately determining a weight of a person standing thereon. The scale portion includes a display for registering the weight of the person standing thereon. A central processing unit is disposed interiorly of the scale portion. The central processing unit is capable of storing the weight of the person standing on the scale portion on a first day and comparing it with the weight of the person standing on the scale portion on a next day and illustrating both on the display along with a difference between the two. The central processing unit includes programmed messages.
Claims5
A scale with use reminder and weight change messages for reminding a user to weigh themselves daily at a predetermined time and offer congratulatory comments upon weight loss and offer encouragement upon weight gain comprising, in combination:
- a scale portion capable of accurately determining a weight of a person standing thereon, the scale portion including a display for registering the weight of the person standing thereon;
- a central processing unit disposed interiorly of the scale portion, the central processing unit being capable of storing the weight of the person standing on the scale portion on a first day and comparing it with the weight of the person standing on the scale portion on a next day and illustrating both on the display along with a difference between the two, the central processing unit including programmed messages, the programmed messages including congratulatory messages when the weight of the person on the next day is less than the weight of the person of the first day and encouraging messages when the weight of the person on the next day is greater than the weight of the person of the first day, the central processing unit including a speaker for broadcasting the programmed messages, the speaker including a volume control dial;
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- a programmable alarm disposed within the scale portion, the programmable alarm having a time-activated alarm in communication with the speaker of the central processing unit, the programmable alarm including a control panel to input a desired time for the time-activated alarm to be activated.
A scale with use reminder and weight change messages for reminding a user to weigh themselves daily at a predetermined time and offer congratulatory comments upon weight loss and offer encouragement upon weight gain comprising, in combination:
- a scale portion capable of accurately determining a weight of a person standing thereon, the scale portion including a display for registering the weight of the person standing thereon;
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- a central processing unit disposed interiorly of the scale portion, the central processing unit being capable of storing the weight of the person standing on the scale portion on a first day and comparing it with the weight of the person standing on the scale portion on a next day and illustrating both on the display along with a difference between the two, the central processing unit including programmed messages;
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- a programmable alarm disposed within the scale portion, the alarm having a control panel to input a desired time for the time-activated alarm to be activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.