Patent ID: 8203086

Claim:
A detachable windshield for a weighing apparatus, which can appropriately be attached and detached depending on usage of a user, comprising a windshield main body, a plurality of attaching and detaching mechanisms provided in a bottom portion of the windshield main body to attach and detach the windshield to and from a weighing apparatus, each of the attaching and detaching mechanisms comprising: a latch member that is directly engaged with a member on the weighing apparatus, and that comprises a T-shape configuration, when viewed in plan view, defining an elongated body and a floor-member abutting portion extending from the elongated body for providing said direct engagement with the member on the weighing apparatus; a moving member that causes the latch member to project and retract with respect to the inside of the windshield; and means for fixing the moving member at a predetermined position, and wherein the latch member and the member on the weighing apparatus are engaged and disengaged by the projection and retraction of the latch member along an axis passing through a longitudinal axis of the latch member, thereby attaching and detaching the windshield to and from the weighing apparatus.