Patent ID: 9245425
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G01G,G06K,G07G

Claim Text:
1. A workstation comprising: a housing; a first window located in an upright plane; a second window located in a generally horizontal plane that intersects the upright plane; a controller in the housing operative to read a barcode from at least one of the first window and the second window; a weighing system having a horizontal platter operative to measure the weight of produce exerting gravitational force on the horizontal platter; and a four-bar apparatus having a front bar, a back bar, a first side bar, and a second side bar atop the horizontal platter, the front bar joining each of the first side bar and the second side bar with a front pivot to allow the front bar to rotate with respect to a first horizontal axis that is parallel to the surface of the horizontal platter, the back bar joining each of the first side bar and the second side bar with a back pivot to allow the back bar to rotate with respect to a second horizontal axis that is parallel to the surface of the horizontal platter, wherein the first horizontal axis is substantially parallel to the second horizontal axis.