Patent ID: 9212945
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A portable luggage scale comprising a lifting handle, a luggage support, a weighing mechanism contained within a housing, and a weight indicating screen or dial for indicating weight measured with the weighing mechanism, wherein the luggage support takes the form of a strap forming a loop at its first end for allowing the strap to be attached to a handle of an item of luggage with a looped hitch, rather than needing a knot to be tied in the strap, and a second end extending away from the first end, and through a slot in the housing, the second end extending into the housing, through the slot, and being attached to the weighing mechanism within the housing, and wherein the lifting handle, in use, extends from a top of the housing, the handle being telescopically movable relative to the housing for sliding between an extended, in use position, in which the handle can he grasped by a user, and a retracted, travelling position, in which fingers cannot be passed around and through the handle; wherein the weight indicating dial is associated with a dial retention mechanism for resisting movement of that weight indicating dial in a return-to-zero direction; and the portable luggage scale further comprises a retention release mechanism, operated by a press of a button.