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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2011
David Bieber, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Richard J. Rekuc, Asbury, NJ (US);
David E. Ringel, Quakertown, PA (US);
Cheung Shik Kui, Samutprakarn, TH;
David Bieber, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Richard J. Rekuc, Asbury, NJ (US);
David E. Ringel, Quakertown, PA (US);
Cheung Shik Kui, Samutprakarn, TH;
Other;
Abstract
An integral weighing device for determining whether the weight of a luggage container and its contents exceed a maximum allowable amount simply by suspending the container by its handle. If the container weighs more than a set amount the integral weighing device provides a visual cue that the container exceeds the predefined weight. The integral weighing device comprises a torsion spring mounted within a housing, and a cord attached to each end of the torsion spring and fed via a guide-way through and out of the housing to an externally accessible grip handle. An indicator arm is rotationally mounted to the housing. When a person lifts the luggage by the grip handle the force is transferred to the torsion spring causing angular deflection toward the indicator arm. If the container exceeds the set weight the indicator arm provides a visual cue that the bag exceeds the predetermined weight.