Nutrition indicating device

Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Baggage checks

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

35 74, G09F 1104

Patent

active

039771067

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a nutrition-indicating device comprising a flat circular chart with a flat wheel rotatably pivoted at each side of the chart. The diameters of the wheels are the same and are less than the diameter of the chart so that a peripheral margin is left uncovered by the wheels on both sides of the chart. The names of different foods appear around this exposed periphery on both sides of the chart and the areas occupied by a number of the food names are given a color which is not the same for all foods. There are a plurality of such colors and the different colors represent different amounts of cholesterol in the food associated with the color. The particular colors disclosed are yellow, green, blue, purple, red and orange, which represent respectively: absence, trace, small, medium, large and abundance of cholesterol. Sectors of the chart are provided with a plurality of the same colors, representing respectively: absence, trace, small, medium, large and abundance of various named food items including vitamins which appear on each wheel. Thus, there is a column radially extending from the food on the chart toward the center of the circle. Overlying the radially extending colors there is a system of numbers, namely 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, representing respectively: absence, trace, small, medium, large and abundance of the respective food items. The use of the numbers overlying the colors in the same areas increases the amount of food item information provided by the device. For the purpose of further increasing the amount of space for identification of the various food items on the wheels, there are provided two of the columns of holes through the wheels in proximity but spaced somewhat from each other. In addition to the listing of food items, one of the holes of each wheel represents calories and the corresponding numbers on the chart are in terms of number of calories in 100 grams of the food. The number system and the color system for relative quantities of food items appears on the wheels so that the color or number of the food item corresponding to any listed food can readily be ascertained in terms of absence, trace, small, medium, large or abundance of that food item.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2111268 (1938-03-01), Kohlenberger
patent: 2592106 (1952-04-01), Askeli
patent: 2747299 (1956-05-01), Herzog et al.
patent: 3432942 (1969-03-01), Jack
patent: 3769728 (1973-11-01), Yung-Cheh Lu

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Nutrition indicating device does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Nutrition indicating device, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Nutrition indicating device will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1807414

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.