Patent ID: 8692141

Claim:
In combination with a luggage container defining a volume for holding contents, a weight-indicating device for indicating when the weight of said luggage container and its contents exceeds a predetermined weight, said weight-indicating device further comprising: a housing affixed to said luggage container, said housing defining an interior space therein and further comprising a post extending into said space; a torsion spring comprising a coil seated on said post and at least one leg extending from said coil; at least one cord affixed at a first end to said at least one leg of said the torsion spring; a handle assembly comprising a base affixed to an external surface of said luggage container, and a handle movable relative to said base, a second end of said at least one cord being affixed to said handle; and an indicator mounted in said housing within a deflection path of the at least one torsion spring leg and movable from a first position when said predetermined weight is exceeded to a second position wherein said indicator is visible externally to said luggage container.