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US 12,000,526 B2Granted
Portable scale stand assembly
AssigneeScales Plus, LLC
InventorsJonathan Mosher, Bennett Meyer
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Abstract
A portable scale stand assembly having a base, an articulating arm assembly and a scale platform. The base has an upper surface and a lower surface, a front edge and a rear edge opposite the front edge, and defining a base footprint. The arm assembly has a lower component, an upper component, a locking member and a biasing member. The scale platform is coupled to the upper end of the upper component. The scale platform has an opening that extends therethrough that is configured to receive a lower hook coupling of a scale. Methods of use are likewise disclosed, as are combinations of a scale and a stand assembly.
Claims16
A portable scale stand assembly comprising:
- a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, a front edge and a rear edge opposite the front edge, the base defining a base footprint;
- an articulating arm assembly comprising:
- a lower component having a lower end coupled to the base and an upper end opposite the lower end;
- an upper component having a lower end and an upper end, the upper component being slidably coupled to the lower component wherein the upper component can slidably move between a lowered position wherein the upper end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component, to and a raised position wherein the lower end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component;
- a locking member structurally configured to releasably lock the upper component relative to the lower component between the lowered position and the raised position;
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- a biasing member coupled at a first end to the upper component and at a second end to the lower component;
- a scale platform coupled to the upper end of the upper component, the scale platform having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a scale footprint, the scale footprint overlying at least a portion of the base footprint;
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- a lower brace beam extending from the base to the upper end of the lower component of the articulating arm assembly, with the lower brace beam being oblique to the lower component.
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A portable scale stand assembly comprising:
- a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, a front edge and a rear edge opposite the front edge, the base defining a base footprint;
- an articulating arm assembly comprising:
- a lower component having a lower end coupled to the base and an upper end opposite the lower end;
- an upper component having a lower end and an upper end, the upper component being slidably coupled to the lower component wherein the upper component can slidably move between a lowered position wherein the upper end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component, to and a raised position wherein the lower end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component;
- a locking member structurally configured to releasably lock the upper component relative to the lower component between the lowered position and the raised position;
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- a biasing member coupled at a first end to the upper component and at a second end to the lower component;
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- a scale platform coupled to the upper end of the upper component, the scale platform having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a scale footprint, the scale footprint overlying at least a portion of the base footprint,
- wherein the biasing member comprises at least one constant force spring having a first end rotatably coupled to the upper end of the lower component and a second end in fixed attachment to the lower end of the upper component, such that relative movement of the upper component and the lower component one of uncoils and recoils the at least constant force spring.
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A combination portable scale stand assembly and scale, wherein:
- the portable scale stand assembly comprises:
- a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, a front edge and a rear edge opposite the front edge, the base defining a base footprint;
- an articulating arm assembly comprising:
- a lower component having a lower end coupled to the base and an upper end opposite the lower end;
- an upper component having a lower end and an upper end, the upper component being slidably coupled to the lower component wherein the upper component can slidably move between a lowered position wherein the upper end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component, to and a raised position wherein the lower end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component;
- a locking member structurally configured to releasably lock the upper component relative to the lower component between the lowered position and the raised position;
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- a biasing member coupled at a first end to the upper component and at a second end to the lower component;
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- a scale platform coupled to the upper end of the upper component, the scale platform having an upper surface, a lower surface and an opening extending therethrough, and defining a scale footprint, the scale footprint overlying at least a portion of the base footprint;
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- the scale includes a lower hook coupling, the scale positioned on the upper surface of the scale platform, so that the lower hook coupling extends through the opening of the scale platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.