Patent ID: 6998544

Claim:
A roll-top shield for weighing scales comprising: a stationary hood made of a transparent material and having a round top wall and right and left upright side walls, said top and side walls being composed to form a substantially inverted U-shaped lower peripheral edge to be placed on a top surface of a weighing device; a rotatable hood made of a transparent material and having a round top wall and right and left side walls, said top and side walls being coupled with each other to form first and second substantially inverted U-shaped peripheral edges to be placed on the top surface of the weighing device; and right and left pins for rotatably securing said right and left side walls of the rotatable hood to said right and left side walls of the stationary hood, respectively such that the rotatable hood is rotated between a closed position in which the first inverted U-shaped lower peripheral edge of the rotatable hood is placed on the top surface of the weighing device and form a substantially rectangular peripheral edge together with the substantially inverted U-shaped peripheral edge of the stationary hood to form a substantially sealed space surrounding a weighing dish of the weighing device, and an opened position in which the second substantially inverted U-shaped peripheral edge of the rotatable hood is placed on the top surface of the weighing device to form an opening through which an article to be weighed is put on and off the weighing dish of the weighing device.