US 12,492,933 B2
Floor scale with cleanable footprint
Joshua Mastenbrook, Lancaster, OH (US); Jason Bayer, Columbus, OH (US); Huaqiang Hui, Changzhou (CN); Thomas Johannes Schilling, Albstadt (DE); and Dengyou Chen, Changzhou (CN)
Assigned to Mettler-Toledo, LLC, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Mettler-Toledo, LLC, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,220.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102848 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G01G 21/28 (2006.01); G01G 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 21/28 (2013.01) [G01G 21/22 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor scale, configured to allow cleaning of both the floor scale and a footprint of the floor scale on a floor on which the floor scale is arranged, comprising:
a load platform having an upper surface for receiving a load to be weighed;
a frame supporting the load platform above the floor; and
a pair of foot assemblies, each of which is connected to the frame for pivoting the load platform about an axis between an operative position in which the upper surface is substantially parallel to the floor and a non-operative position in which the upper surface is angled obliquely relative to the floor;
wherein the frame comprises:
a front frame member;
a rear frame member;
a pair of side frame members, each of which is attached to the respective front and rear frame members to define a rectangular frame having front, rear and side edges and four corners; and
a plate, at a lower portion of each of the four corners, upon which the load platform bears.