Patent ID: 8716610

Claim:
A luggage handle integrated scale comprising: a strap having two ends wherein each end is attached to a luggage container, a force detector having a first end and a second end wherein said first end and said second end are each coupled with said strap; a force indicator coupled with said strap wherein said force indicator is configured as an elastic band with different colored bars associated with said force detector; said strap configured with slack between said first end of said force detector and said second end of said force detector wherein said strap is configured to limit maximum extension of said force detector to a length of said slack; said strap configured to support said luggage container if said force detector breaks; and a gauge configured to couple with said strap wherein said gauge comprises slot-shaped holes configured to allow one or more of said colored bars to be displayed based on a force imparted to said force detector based on a weight of said luggage container.