Patent ID: 7126065

Claim:
A weighing scale comprising: a platform for supporting a load to be weighed by the scale, the platform defining an optimal weighing position for optimally positioning the load thereon; a plurality of load cells, each of the toad cells for sensing a portion of the load's weight and outputting an electrical signal indicative of the sensed portion of the load's weight; a processor, operatively coupled to the load cells and summing each of the sensed weight portions to determine a total weight of the load, summing groupings of the sensed weight portions to determine an actual position of the load on the platform, and determining how the actual position of the load on the platform deviates from the optimal position dependently upon the sums of the groupings of the sensed weight portions; and at least one of an indicator for indicating that the load is in the optimal position and a display for displaying the deviation of the actual position of the load from the optimal weighing position, so that the load can be repositioned to the optimal weighing position.