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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1980
Filed:
May. 17, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas G Cannon, Bellvue, CO (US);
Assignee:
Trendmark Corporation, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235 / ; 235 / ; 235 / ; 3403091 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a person's eating behavior uses a counter on the table next to the food being eaten. The counter displays the number of bites to be taken at each meal, displays the actual number of bites while the bites are being taken during a meal, provides a cadence signal from which the person can pace his chewing rate, determines the size of the bite taken and the time between bites, and provides an exercise between bites which forces the person to break the eating chain by pushing a button to increment the counter.