Patent ID: 8333593
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A device for use by a person to create at least one meal plan and to display a visual representation of an item of food relating to the at least one meal plan, comprising: a. at least one Food Item Piece corresponding to the item of food, wherein the at least one Food Item Piece displays thereon a visual representation of the item of food; and b. at least one Meal Planning Chart including a fastening system for releasably engaging the at least one Food Item Piece and to present the visual representation of the food item displayed thereon to serve as the selection of the meal, said fastening system consisting of a fastening element selected from the group consisting of hook and fastener tape, tape, magnet to a magnetically attractive surface, snap, pushpin, thumbtack, paper clip, pouch, pocket, hook and eye fastener, nail and loop fastener, adhesive putty, dual lock polyolefin reclosable fastener, spray adhesive, glue dot, reusable adhesive sheet, and reusable adhesive strip; the device displaying a visual representation of an item of food relating to a meal plan comprising a plurality of meals for an individual for a day; wherein said meal plan comprises a plurality of meals that are created by the person selecting from said Food Item Storage Page the at least one Food Item Piece corresponding to an item of food and releasably engaging it with the at least one Meal Planning Chart with the visual representation of the food item on the at least one Food Item Piece displayed on said Meal Planning Chart; wherein said Meal Planning Chart comprises a plurality of attachment labels and an identification of a plurality of meal type names, wherein said attachment labels are associated with a respective meal type name, wherein said attachment labels are provided to have an associated color for each said attachment label, wherein said Food Item Pieces are provided having corresponding colors so that the Food Item Pieces correspond to the colors of said attachment labels, wherein said Food Item Piece color and said associated attachment label color represent a food group, where one color corresponds with one food group; and wherein each color represents a food group and wherein each attachment label is separately identifiable by color to distinguish it from other attachment labels on the Meal Planning Chart that correspond with different food groups; wherein said meal type name is associated with said plurality of attachment labels and wherein said associated attachment labels that are associated with a meal type name comprise attachment labels that include attachment labels having a plurality of colors to represent colors that correspond with food from different food groups as represented by said Food Item Pieces; wherein said attachment labels are provided to correspond with one of four colors, and wherein said Food Item Pieces are colored to correspond with one of said four colors, wherein said Meal Planning Chart includes a plurality of meal type names and associated areas, each said associated area corresponding with one of said meal type names and wherein each said associated area is provided on said Meal Planning Chart and contains said attachment labels within said associated area, and wherein said attachment labels in a said associated area comprise attachment labels corresponding with at least a plurality of colors; wherein all visual representations of foods to be chosen for all of the individual's meals for that day are displayed openly together at the same time on one or more Food Item Storage Pages that hold Food Item Pieces corresponding with a food group, wherein each of said Food Item Pieces are stored together on a Food Item Storage Page by their associated color and group, wherein each said Food Item Storage Page containing said Food Item Pieces is arrangeable adjacent to said Meal Planning Chart being used, each said adjacently arranged page of Food Item Pieces having a plurality of Food Item Pieces in releasable engagement stored thereon, wherein said plurality of Food Item Pieces that are openly displayed on said Food Item Storage Pages containing Food Item Pieces comprise the selections available for items from which plan a meal on said Meal Planning Chart for a food group; wherein said selections for a group of Food Item Pieces corresponding with a group are contained on multiple Food Item Storage Pages, wherein each said Food Item Storage Page of said multiple Food Item Storage Pages that contain Food Item Pieces is associated with a single group and does not contain Food Item Pieces associated with another group or color.