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

Claim 1:
2. 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,
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, the cylinder housing being disposed within the sensor housing;
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.