Patents Represented by Law Firm Mason, Kolehainen, Rathburn & Wyss
  • Patent number: 4819750
    Abstract: A bathroom platform scale is disclosed having a reinforced plastic base and platform. The platform is carried by a pair of triangular-shaped actuation levers which directly engage a single transducer, such as a strain gauge, centrally located in the base, to sense the weight on the platform. Such an arrangement allows for a relatively compact scale. The triangular-shaped levers are supported by knife edge bearings which define a fulcrum. An integrally formed tongue extending from an apex from each of the triangular-shaped levers applies the weight distributed on the platform to the transducer. The triangular-shaped actuation levers are also self-aligning, thus facilitating assembly of the scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Sunbeam Corporation
    Inventor: Francesco L. Carnevale