Patent ID: 7514639

Claim:
An apparatus for weighing a load in motion, said apparatus comprising: (a) a rigid member having an upper end, a vertically opposed lower end which is oriented toward such load and is axially aligned with said upper end, a first vertical surface portion joining said upper end and said lower end and an opposed second vertical surface portion joining said upper end and said lower end, wherein such load is suspended from said lower end of said rigid member; (b) a first measuring means mounted internal to said rigid member in a vertical and axial alignment with such load for measuring a force exerted by such load onto said rigid member and for generating at least one force measurement signal, said at least one force measurement signal characterizing said measured force; (c) a second measuring means mounted internal to said rigid member for measuring a predetermined parameter associated with a motion of such load and for generating at least one motion parameter measurement signal, said at least one motion parameter measurement signal characterizing said measured motion parameter; and (d) means coupled to each of said first measuring means and said second measuring means for transmitting said at least one force measurement signal and said at least one motion parameter measurement signal to a control means capable of executing a predetermined logic algorithm.