Mobile scale
OwnerJohn McMillianinventor
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Abstract
A combination flight simulating mobile device and scale formed in appearance of a variety of different birds, or like flying creatures, that may be fabricated from steel sheet or like material, readily assembled, and balanced in such manner that when suspended, the weight of the wings (12 and 14) of the bird is used to counterbalance both the body (10) of the bird and the weight of a lightweight object (74), such as an envelope, and provide a measurement of the object's weight and a realistic replication of a creature in flight.
Claims18
A mobile scale comprising:
- (a) body;
- (b) a pair of opposing wing members pivotally mounted to said body;
- (c) means for suspending said body and said pair of opposing wing members, said suspending means attached to said pair of opposing wing members;
- (d) means for suspending an object from said body;
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- (e) a scale associated with said body and said pair of opposing wing members to visually display accurate scaled measurement of relative movement between at least one wing of said pair of wing members and said body, wherein said body, said opposing wing members, said suspending means for said body and said wing members, said object suspending means, and said scale are pre-balanced such that said wing members will extend from said body in a predetermined orientation when suspended from said suspending means without requiring adjustment to the pre-balanced condition of the mobile scale.
A combination mobile and scale configured for suspension from a structural member and further configured for weighing lightweight objects, said combination mobile and scale comprising:
- (a) an elongate body having a substantially planar configuration with opposing flat sides;
- (b) a pair of wings pivotally mounted to said body, one wing pivotally mounted on each of said flat sides of said body, each of said wings having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- (c) a suspension harness for suspending said body and said pair of wings in balanced relationship such that said wings extend from said body in a substantially dihedral orientation, said suspension harness being attached to fixed, predetermined balanced points on said top surface of each of said wings to hold said elongate body in a horizontally-oriented position with said flat sides in a substantially vertical orientation and to facilitate oscillatory movement between said body and said pair of wings;
- (d) means for suspending a lightweight object from said body;
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- (e) a scale cooperating with said pair of wings and said body to visually display an accurate measurement of the relative movement of at least one wing of said pair of wings and said body, wherein said elongate body, said pair of wings, said lightweight object suspending means, and said scale are pre-balanced such that when assembled no adjustment in the balanced relationship between said pair of wings and said body is required.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.