Weighing scale
CA 2085197 A1 · Owner: Hanson Industries Limited · Inventors: Stephens, Brian
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The invention relates to a weighing scale particularly a dietary scale for use in the kitchen, comprising a body with a compartment adapted to receive means for providing dietary information. The compartment comprises a rebate or recess in the body of generally rectangular configuration whereby it can record the dietary information means in the form of a plurality of separate cards each bearing dietary information for, example for a particular food the amount of energy calcium, salt or the like per, gramme. The compartment may be closed by a closure such as a door hinged to the body, which at the front (as viewed and as in use) has a fascia with an elongate slot in it through which is …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 11, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 11, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 11, 2014.
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