Patent ID: 7022920
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A collapsible weighing scale for outputting the full weight of an associated object, said scale comprising: a support structure including a first support member and a second support member operatively connected to and displaceable relative to said first support member between a storage condition of said support structure and a use condition of said support structure, wherein said first and second support members are in a first plane in both said storage condition and said use condition; a plurality of platform segments mounted to said support structure and including first and second outer platform segments respectively secured on said first and second support members and at least one inner platform segment secured between said first and second outer platform segments, said plurality of platform segments having an extended position in which all of said platform segments are located in said first plane of said first and second support members, and a collapsed position in which said outer platform segments are displaced from said first plane of said first and second support members into a second plane different from said first plane and said at least one inner platform segment is displaced from said first plane into a third plane different from said first and second planes; a load sensing apparatus mounted to said support structure, said load sensing apparatus providing an output signal of the full weight of the associated object; and, an output device for communicating the full weight of the associated object, said output device being in electrical communication with said load sensing apparatus and receiving said output signal therefrom; each of said support members and said platform segments extends in generally transverse relation to the direction in which said support structure extends and collapses.