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US 12,247,865 · App. 17/846,841 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Portable luggage scale

Inventor: Hope Foster (Coral Springs, FL)
G01G21/283G01G19/00G01G19/52G01G23/16A45C5/03A45C13/001A45C2200/00
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Patent No.
US 12,247,865
App. No.
17/846,841
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A portable luggage scale including a housing assembly and a measuring assembly. The housing assembly includes a housing. The housing is removably attached to a suitcase or luggage. The housing has a lid hingedly attached thereto. The measuring assembly includes a weight measuring device and a light emitting diode (LED) display. The weight measuring device measures the weight inside the housing. The LED display is used to visualize the weight measured by the weight measuring device. The LED display and the weight measuring device are powered by a battery.

Claims (8)

1. A portable luggage scale, comprising:

a housing assembly, wherein said housing assembly includes a housing, said housing is hollow, said housing is removably inserted into a suitcase or luggage, said housing has an opening to introduce goods therein;

a lid assembly, wherein said lid assembly includes a lid and hinges at a lateral side thereof, said lid is hingedly attached to said housing, said lid is configured to open and close said opening; said lid further includes a handle located on a lateral side opposite to said hinges; wherein said handle is an indentation; and

a measuring assembly, wherein said measuring assembly includes a weight measuring device, a keypad and a display, said weight measuring device includes a measuring pad and a sensor, said sensor is inside said measuring pad, said weight measuring pad is inside said housing forming an internal base for goods to be placed thereon, said sensor measures the weight of said goods placed inside said housing, said display displays said weight, said display and said measuring device are powered by means of a battery, said keypad is capable of be used to add weight to said measured weight; said keypad and said display are located on a lateral portion of the housing adjacent to said lid.

2. A portable luggage scale, consisting of:

a housing assembly, wherein said housing assembly includes a housing, said housing is hollow, said housing is rectangular with rounded edges and dimensioned to be removably inserted into a suitcase or luggage, said housing has an opening on a top surface to introduce goods therein;

a lid assembly, wherein said lid assembly includes a lid, a handle, and hinges, said lid is hingedly attached to said housing, said lid opens and closes said opening, said handle is attached to said lid opposite to said hinges, wherein said handle is a rectangular indentation; and

a measuring assembly, wherein said measuring assembly includes a weight measuring device, a keypad and a display, wherein said display is a light emitting diode (LED) display, said weight measuring device includes a measuring pad, a microcontroller and a sensor, said sensor and said microcontroller are embedded within said measuring pad, said weight measuring pad is inside said housing forming an internal base for goods to be placed thereon, said sensor measures the weight of said goods placed inside said housing, said microcontroller process said measured data from said sensor, said microcontroller transmits said measured data to said display, said display displays said weight, said weight measuring device is capable of be tared to include the weight of said portable luggage scale in the weight displayed in said display, said display, said microcontroller and said measuring device are powered by means of a battery, said keypad is preprogrammed by said microcontroller to manually add weight to said measured weight: said keypad and said display are located on a lateral portion of the housing adjacent to said lid.

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