Patent ID: 7741569
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. An electronic weight scale comprising: a main scale module including an auxiliary scale unit connected pivotally to said main scale module and including at least one auxiliary scale module that includes wherein said controller is operable, in response to the control signal from said input unit, in one of a folded mode, where said main scale module is stacked on said auxiliary scale unit and where said controller outputs weight information that indicates the output from said main weight sensor to said display unit, and an unfolded mode, where said main scale module and said auxiliary scale unit are unfolded and where said controller outputs weight information that indicates a sum of the output from said main weight sensor and the output from said auxiliary weight sensor of said at least one auxiliary scale module of said auxiliary scale unit to said display unit, such that the weight information is displayed on said display unit.