Patent ID: 7732719

Claim:
A hand held luggage scale comprising: a case including a front side shell and a compatible back side shell, an interior chamber formed by connecting the front side and back side shells; a top side of the case, a bottom side of the case and a longitudinal medial axis between the top side and bottom side extending centrally relative to the front side and back side shells so that the shells are divided in half on either side of the medial axis with said case having a generally symmetrical configuration about the medial axis; a weight support linkage passage in the bottom side located generally on the medial axis; a link extending through the passage; a hook connected to the link for supporting an item to be weighed; a hand passage in the case adjacent the top side in the form of a generally rectangular opening in the case having a longer dimension transverse to the longitudinal axis; a weight read out window in one of said side shells located on the axis substantially midway between the top side and bottom side; and a hook recess channel in the other of the side shells extending from the bottom side, said hook recess channel being configured to receive and hold the hook in two different storage positions each extending up along the other side shell away from the bottom side of the case.