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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1995
Stanley E Pollack, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Scott C Marlow, Chesterland, OH (US);
Haans K Petruschke, Kirtland, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A device for monitoring the volume of food consumed during a meal includes a sensor and a belt. The sensor includes a sensor housing, an alarm, and an activation switch operatively connected to the alarm; and the belt is adapted to be worn about the waist of a user, and is operatively connected to the sensor, such that a predetermined tensile force applied to the belt, caused by the consumption of food by the user, activates the switch, and in turn, activates the alarm. Preferably, the sensor includes a delay circuit connected between the activation switch and the alarm such that the tensile force must be applied continuously for a desired time interval before the alarm is activated.