Project Background

1. WEIGHT SCALE FOR SEATED USERS (USA)

This project focuses on users who have difficulty standing unaided and may have limited arm strength . These people generally have difficulties because of obesity, old age, rheumatoid arthritis, amputation, etc. These people are expected to go to the hospital to weigh themselves or purchase expensive and bulky weight scales that require the help of another person to operate.

This inexpensive, comfortable, easy-to-use, easy-to-sanitize, weight scale for seated users that allows users’ to conveniently and easily measure their weight several times a day without the aid of another person.

How does our concept differ from this product?

-The seated toilet scale that we are producing does not apply for the people who cannot sit without support.
-It simply applies to normal users who acquire leading a healthy lifestyle.
-We require the user to lift his or her leg up as a procedure to measure his/her weight!

2. EASY TO USE WEIGHT SCALE THAT IS INTEGRATED TO THE TOILET SEAT

People with health problems experience frequent weight fluctuations and would benefit from daily weight monitoring.
The purpose of this project was to design an affordable and easy-to-use weight scale that is integrated into a standard toilet seat for home use.
This product has a display that an communicate multiple stared readings, contain integrated balance aides (eg. hand rails, grab bars), complete a weight measurement within 10 seconds, and provide output in multiple modal formats. The weight is easy to power, operate and sanitize.

How does our concept differ from this product?

-We again do not market this product with the people who cannot sit without balance aides.
-Our product does not have the hand rails/grab bars or foot balance bars.