Patent ID: 7151232

Claim:
A weighing scale comprising: a platform operatively coupled to a plurality of foot assemblies, each foot assembly comprising: a base having a bottom surface for contacting a portion of a floor; and a plurality of deformable compensation beams coupled to said base and projecting outward from a portion of the base; a plurality of force transfer beams arranged to operatively interconnect to said plurality of foot assemblies; a mounting portion coupled to a bottom surface of said platform and associated with each of said plurality of foot assemblies; wherein in response to a force applied to a top surface of said platform, said force is translated to said mounting portion engaging said bottom surface without said platform contacting said force transfer beams, to cause a downward force to be applied to said foot assemblies, and wherein said deformable beams tend to locate said applied force at a central position where said foot assemblies engage said force transfer beams.