Patent ID: 11944174
Assignee: SMART LUGGAGE ONE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. A unit of luggage configured to ascertain its own weight, the unit of luggage comprising:
a case comprising a plurality of wheels disposed thereon,
a detection assembly comprising a plurality of sensor assemblies, each one of the plurality of sensor assemblies being adjacently disposed to a corresponding one of the plurality of wheels, each one of the plurality of sensor assemblies comprising:
a housing assembly,
a sensor comprising a stem and a base connected to one another,
a shaft disposed within the housing assembly and connected around a distal end thereof to a corresponding one of the plurality of wheels, the shaft being adjacently disposed to a bottom side of the sensor,
the housing assembly comprising:
a sensor housing comprising a sidewall and a barrier, the barrier disposed on a bottom portion of the sidewall, the sidewall configured to define an enclosure area on an interior thereof, the sensor disposed within the sensor housing on the interior of the sidewall,
the sensor housing further comprising a slot formed on the inner interior of the sidewall around a bottom portion thereof; the slot being configured and dimensioned to substantially correspond to a thickness of the base of the sensor; the base of the sensor operatively disposed within the slot;
a cylinder comprising a hollow interior and configured to enclose the shaft, the cylinder configured to permit a reciprocal movement of the shaft within the hollow interior,
a cylinder housing adjacently disposed to the sensor housing and configured to at least partially enclose the cylinder, at least a portion of the cylinder housing being connected to the case,

a processing unit operatively disposed within the case,
the shaft, the cylinder, the cylinder housing and the sensor housing collectively configured and dimensioned to allow a movement, at least in a downward direction, of the case with respect to the shaft when the case is disposed in a substantially upright position, and
the sensor operatively configured with the processing unit to ascertain at least a portion of the weight of the unit of luggage when the case is disposed in the substantially upright position.