Light item portable scale
OwnerMyron S. Hoytinventor
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Abstract
A scale for weighing light items, such as letters, to ascertain the correct amount of postage to be applied to the letters. The scale includes a substantially planar flexible strip having a proximate and distal end. The proximate end includes a scale calibrated in weight units, while the distal end includes a vertical resilient strip for holding a letter formed by cutting an inverted U-shaped slot in the strip and a horizontal slot. The proximate end of the strip including the scale is bent back upon itself and passed through the horizontal slot. The distal end can then move under the weight of the letter relative to the proximate end to indicate the weight of the letter on the scale.
Claims5
A portable scale for weighing light items comprising:
- a substantially planar flexible strip of material having a proximate end and a distal end,
- a scale adjacent said proximate end calibrated in units of weight,
- a horizontal slot adjacent said distal end for receiving the proximate end of said strip bent back upon itself therethrough including said scale;
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- means connected to the distal end of said strip for retaining an item to be weighed,
- whereby the distal end of said strip can move under the weight of said item relative to said proximate end and said scale to indicate on said scale the weight of said item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.