Carts with built-in weight scale
OwnerAllegra A. McNeally, M. Alamgir Tamoori +2inventors
InventorsAllegra A. McNeally, M. Alamgir Tamoori, Daniel Shahzad Kirmani, Gabriel Shahzad Kirmani
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Abstract
A weight system includes a cart comprising a plurality of wheels and a frame on the plurality of wheels. The frame has a plurality of rails, and a basket is suspended from the plurality of rails of the frame. A weight sensor is coupled at one end to the suspended basket and attached at another end to one of the plurality of rails of the frame from which the basket is suspended. The weight sensor is adapted to detect weight change of the basket when an item is placed into or removed from the basket.
Claims20
A weighing system comprising:
- a cart comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
- a frame on the plurality of wheels, the frame having a plurality of rails;
- a basket suspended from the plurality of rails of the frame;
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- a weight sensor coupled at one end to the suspended basket and attached at another end to one of the plurality of rails of the frame from which the basket is suspended, the weight sensor being adapted to detect weight change of the basket when an item is placed into or removed from the basket.
A weighing system, comprising:
- a mobile weighing scale comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
- a frame on the plurality of wheels;
- a basket, for holding items therein, supported by the frame;
- and
- one or more weight sensors, each weight sensor of the one or more weight sensors being fixed between a bottom portion of the frame and a different one of the plurality of wheels, the one or more weight sensors being adapted to detect weight change of the basket when an item is placed into or removed from the basket.
A weighing system, comprising:
- a cart comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
- a frame on the plurality of wheels, the frame having spaced apart vertical members, each vertical member having one or more shelves extending horizontally therefrom, a shelf of the one or more shelves of a first vertical member directly opposing a shelf of the one or more shelves of a second vertical member;
- a weight sensor attached to a top surface of each of the opposing shelves;
- and
- a floating rail attached to a top surface of each weight sensor, wherein the weight sensors are adapted to detect weight change in a container sitting on the floating rails when an item is placed into or removed from the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.