Patent ID: 8636516

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plate device comprising a support structure and a plurality of compartments being configured to retain items, said compartments being supported by said support structure; a plurality of weighing devices as part of a scale structure each being configured to weigh a one of said compartments; a scale support structure being configured to support said plate device and said weighing devices wherein said support structure comprises a plurality of pedestal portions each being configured to lift a compartment from said support structure; a processing device being in communication with said weighing devices and being operable to at least process weight information; and a presentation device being in communication with said processing device, said presentation device being operable to enable a user to identify types of food in said compartments, said presentation device further being operable to at least display processed weight information of items in each of said compartments and to display a sum total of processed weight information of items retained in said plate device.