Object Details
- Fitness Now, Inc.
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator fits in the top of a black leather case the size and shape of a checkbook. A space for checks is below. The calculator has a metal case with plastic trim and display window. It has twenty-four rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a clear entry/clear key, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, and a total key. In addition there is an on key, an off key, and a "DS" key. The orange percentage key is marked: CALORIC (/) RATIO. On the far right are three additional orange keys, marked 1, 2, and 3. Marks surrounding these keys read: FITNESS 3 TM. A mark above the keyboard reads: FITNESS 3TM NOW, INC. Also above the keyboard is an eight-digit liquid crystal display.
- A mark on the back right corner of the keyboard reads: FITNESS 3 MICRO COMPUTER (/) MADE IN TAIWAN. A mark on the lower portion of the case reads: MADE IN TAIWAN.
- On July 13, 1981, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. of Nutley, New Jersey applied for a trademark for the phrase FITNESS 3. The trademark record states that the term was first used in commerce in March 1981. The application was abandoned January 31, 1984.
- Reference:
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Electronic Search System, Serial Number 73318674.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1981
- ID Number
- 1987.0435.31
- accession number
- 1987.0435
- catalog number
- 1987.0435.31
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- metal (case material)
- leather (carrying case material)
- plastic (keys; trim material)
- glass (display material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 6 in x 2 3/4 in; .635 cm x 15.24 cm x 6.985 cm
- place made
- Taiwan
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_214355
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-edca-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
