US 11,644,358 B2Granted

Nesting balances

Assigneehand2mind, Inc.

InventorsJared Ganrude, Elana Woldenberg, Brittany Goerig

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Abstract

A balance assembly having an assembled state and an unassembled state. The balance assembly comprises a base configured to receive a portion of a like base in a nesting relation in an unassembled state of the balance assembly, a pedestal coupled to the base in an assembled state of the balance assembly, the pedestal configured to receive a portion of a like pedestal in a nesting relation in the unassembled state, a lever removably and pivotably coupled to the pedestal about a fulcrum centered along a length of the lever in the assembled state, the lever configured to receive a portion of a like lever in a nesting relation in the unassembled state, and a pair of containers removably supported at opposite ends of the lever in the assembled state, each container configured to receive a portion of a like container in a nesting relation in the unassembled state.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A balance assembly having an assembled state and an unassembled state, the balance assembly comprising:

a base configured to receive a portion of a like base in a nesting relation in an unassembled state of the balance assembly;
a pedestal coupled to the base in an assembled state of the balance assembly, the pedestal configured to receive a portion of a like pedestal in a nesting relation in the unassembled state;
a lever removably and pivotably coupled to the pedestal about a fulcrum centered along a length of the lever in the assembled state, the lever configured to receive a portion of a like lever in a nesting relation in the unassembled state;
and
a pair of containers removably supported at opposite ends of the lever in the assembled state, each container configured to receive a portion of a like container in a nesting relation in the unassembled state,
wherein the fulcrum is provided at a closed top end of the pedestal where a knife edge and a complementary groove come together to define a pivot axis, and wherein a releasable snap-fit coupling between the pedestal and the lever is provided by an elongated slot and a retention boss situated along the pivot axis at the closed top end of the pedestal.

3 more elements

A storage kit for one or more modular balances, the storage kit comprising:

components of a plurality of balances in an unassembled state, including
a plurality of bases,
a plurality of levers configured to removably and pivotably couple to the plurality of bases in an assembled state of the plurality of balances via a plurality of pedestals, and
a plurality of containers configured to removably couple to the lever in the assembled state of the plurality of balances;
and
a one-piece molded caddy having a bottom wall and an open top end, the caddy including
a first interior compartment supporting one or more portions of the plurality of bases in a nesting relation,
a second interior compartment supporting one or more portions of the plurality of levers in a nesting relation,
a third interior compartment supporting one or more portions of a first set of the plurality of containers in a nesting relation, and
a fourth interior compartment supporting one or more portions of a second set of the plurality of containers in a nesting relation,
wherein the plurality of nested bases in the first interior compartment form a first recess along the third interior compartment, the first recess receiving a complementary outer profile of the first set of the plurality of containers, and
wherein the plurality of nested bases in the first interior compartment form a second recess along the fourth interior compartment, the second recess receiving a complementary outer profile of the second set of the plurality of containers.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/222,750Filed 5 Apr 2021 · us provisional application
Priority: 25 Jun 2020
Published: US 2021/0404862 A130 Dec 2021
Granted: 9 May 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G01G 21/22
Details of weighing apparatus: weigh pans or other weighing receptacles; Weighing platforms
G01G 1/20
Balances involving the use of a pivoted beam, i.e. beam balances: beam balances having the pans carried below the beam, and for use with separate…
G01G 21/28
Details of weighing apparatus: frames, Housings
G01G
Weighing