US 12,000,526 B2
Portable scale stand assembly
Jonathan Mosher, Allegan, MI (US); and Bennett Meyer, Grandville, MI (US)
Assigned to SCALES PLUS, LLC, Allendale, MI (US)
Filed by Scales Plus, LLC, Allendale, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,063.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,624, filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296201 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/42 (2006.01); G01G 19/00 (2006.01); G01G 3/00 (2006.01); G01G 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/046 (2013.01) [F16M 11/42 (2013.01); F16M 2200/00 (2013.01); G01G 3/00 (2013.01); G01G 19/00 (2013.01); G01G 21/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable scale stand assembly comprising:
a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, a front edge and a rear edge opposite the front edge, the base defining a base footprint;
an articulating arm assembly comprising:
a lower component having a lower end coupled to the base and an upper end opposite the lower end;
an upper component having a lower end and an upper end, the upper component being slidably coupled to the lower component wherein the upper component can slidably move between a lowered position wherein the upper end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component, to and a raised position wherein the lower end of the upper component is proximate the upper end of the lower component;
a locking member structurally configured to releasably lock the upper component relative to the lower component between the lowered position and the raised position; and
a biasing member coupled at a first end to the upper component and at a second end to the lower component;
a scale platform coupled to the upper end of the upper component, the scale platform having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a scale footprint, the scale footprint overlying at least a portion of the base footprint; and
a lower brace beam extending from the base to the upper end of the lower component of the articulating arm assembly, with the lower brace beam being oblique to the lower component.