Handheld electronic fish scale
AssigneeAOB Products Company
InventorsDennis W. Cauley, Jr., James Tayon, Mark Dalton, Kyle Martin, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith
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Abstract
An electronic scale holdable by a hand of a user. The electronic scale can have a handle portion sized and shaped for an ergonomic fit to a user's hand holding the handle. The electronic scale can have a batter compartment, such as in a head of the scale, for removably receiving a battery. A load cell of the electronic scale can be configured to measure a weight of a fish suspended from the load cell below the scale.
Claims42
An electronic scale holdable by a hand of a user for measuring a weight of an object to be weighed, the electronic scale comprising:
- a handle having a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, a top and a bottom below the top, and a gripping portion extending between the top and bottom, the gripping portion being configured to be grasped by the hand of the user, the gripping portion being configured to complement ergonomic contours of the hand while the hand is grasping the handle;
- a head supported by the handle, the head having an upward facing upper side and a downward facing lower side, a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward the forward portion, the downward facing lower side being configured to contact a top part of the hand of the user when the gripping portion is grasped by the hand of the user, the lower side including left and right shoulder segments disposed over left and right sides, respectively, of the handle, the left and right shoulder segments positioned between the forward and rearward portions of the head, the left and right shoulder segments being arranged to contact the top part of the hand of the user when an index finger of the hand of the user wraps around the gripping portion to grasp the handle.
An electronic scale holdable by a hand of a user for measuring a weight of an object to be weighed, the electronic scale usable with at least one battery, the electronic scale comprising:
- a head including a battery compartment having a mouth configured to receive the at least one battery, the battery compartment including at least one electrical contact;
- a handle supporting the head, the handle extending downward away from the head, the handle configured to be held in an upstanding orientation when in use for measuring the weight of the object, the head being disposed above the handle when the handle is held in the upstanding orientation when in use for measuring the weight of the object;
- a weight sensor supported by the handle, the weight sensor in electrical communication with the at least one electrical contact;
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- a display disposed on an upper side of the head, the display being arranged to face generally upward when the handle is held in the upstanding orientation.
An electronic scale holdable by a hand of a user for measuring weight of an object to be weighed, the electronic scale comprising:
- a handle including a handle housing having a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, a top and a bottom below the top, and a gripping portion extending between the top and bottom, the gripping portion being configured to be grasped by the hand of the user, the handle configured to be held by the hand of the user in an upstanding orientation when in use for measuring the weight of the object;
- a head supported by the handle, the head having an upward facing upper side and a downward facing lower side, a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward from the forward portion, the downward facing lower side including a bottom face portion configured to contact a top part of the hand of the user when the gripping portion is grasped by the hand of the user;
- a weight sensor mounted at an elevation below the bottom face portion when the handle is held in the upstanding orientation with the bottom face portion in contact with the top part of the hand.
An electronic scale holdable by a hand of a user for measuring a weight of an object to be weighed, the electronic scale comprising:
- a handle having a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, a top and a bottom below the top, and a gripping portion extending between the top and bottom, the gripping portion being configured to be grasped by the hand of the user, the gripping portion being configured to complement ergonomic contours of the hand while the hand is grasping the handle, the front side of the handle including a first indentation, the rear side of the handle including a second indentation;
- a head supported by the handle, the head having an upward facing upper side and a downward facing lower side, a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward the forward portion, the downward facing lower side including a bottom face configured to contact a top part of the hand of the user when the gripping portion is grasped by the hand of the user;
- wherein the handle and the bottom face of the head forms a smooth transition surface sized and shaped to receive an index finger and thumb of the hand of the user, the front side of the handle including a first concave portion configured to receive the index finger, the rear side of the handle including a second concave portion configured to receive a web portion of the user's hand, the first and second concave portions forming a neck of the handle, the neck of the handle comprises a smooth transition surface configured to receive the index finger and thumb of the hand of the user.
An electronic scale holdable by a hand of a user for measuring weight of an object to be weighed, the electronic scale comprising:
- a handle including a handle housing having a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, a top and a bottom below the top, and a gripping portion extending between the top and bottom, the gripping portion being configured to be grasped by the hand of the user, the gripping portion having a first length extending in a lengthwise direction;
- a head supported by the handle, the head having an upward facing upper side and a downward facing lower side, a forward portion and a rearward portion rearward from the forward portion, the downward facing lower side including a bottom face configured to contact a top part of the hand of the user when the gripping portion is grasped by the hand of the user;
- a weight sensor;
- a connector body configured to connect to the object to be weighed, the connector body having a second length extending in the lengthwise direction, the first length of the gripping portion being greater than the second length of the connector body.
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