Scale assembly with a base having a resting surface defining a receiving slot

• US 10,060,783 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2016
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Wei-Lun
• Primary Examiner(s): Huls, Natalie
• Application Number:
  US15/099,622
• Publication Number:
  US 20170234721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/52 Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture with walking sticks A45B3/08

Abstract

The instant disclosure relates to a scale assembly applicable to a mobile device, which includes a touch screen and a software application (app). The scale assembly includes a platform, one or more sensing member, one or more flexible member, and a base. When an object is placed on the platform, the sensing member of the scale assembly presses the touch screen of the mobile device, and the mobile device, based on the app, reads the change associated with a sensing value detected by the touch screen, and converts the obtained sensing value difference into the weight of the object.

Claims

1. A scale assembly, comprising:

a base having a resting surface and defining at least one receiving slot, the receiving slot being defined at one side of the resting surface, the resting surface capable of placing having placed thereon a mobile device having a touch screen;

at least one flexible member accommodated by the receiving slot;

4a platform having a supporting surface, a joining surface, and at least one mounting portion, the mounting portion being connected to respective sides of the supporting surface and joining surface and abutted to the flexible member; and

at least one sensing member joined to the joining surface and being pressable against the touch screen of the mobile device.

2. A scale assembly, comprising:

a base having a resting surface and defining at least one receiving slot, the receiving slot being defined at one side of the resting surface, the resting surface capable of having placed thereon a mobile device having a touch screen;

at least one flexible member accommodated by the receiving slot;

a platform having a supporting surface, a joining surface, and at least one mounting portion, the mounting portion being connected to respective sides of the supporting surface and joining surface and abutted to the flexible member; and

at least one sensing member joined to the joining surface and located at a center position of the joining surface and being pressable against the touch screen of the mobile device.

3. The scale assembly of claim 2, wherein the mounting portion further includes at least one correcting member, and wherein the correcting member is adjustably received by the mounting portion and selectively abuts the flexible member.

4. A scale assembly applicable to a mobile device, the mobile device having a touch screen and a software application (app), the scale assembly comprising:

a base having a resting surface and defining at least one receiving slot, the receiving slot being defined at one side of the resting surface, the mobile device capable of being disposed on the resting surface;

at least one flexible member accommodated by the receiving slot;

a platform having a supporting surface, a joining surface, and at least one mounting portion, the supporting surface and joining surface facing opposite directions, the supporting surface capable of carrying at least one object, the mounting portion being connected to respective sides of the supporting surface and joining surface and abutted to the flexible member; and

at least one sensing member joined to the joining surface and abutted to the touch screen;

wherein the mobile device utilizes the app to read a change in a sensing value, with the change in the sensing value being detected by the touch screen, and converts the change in the sensing value into a weight value of the object.

5. The scale assembly of claim 4, wherein the mounting portion further includes at least one correcting member, and wherein the correcting member is adjustably received by the mounting portion and selectively abuts the flexible member.

6. The scale assembly of claim 4, wherein the mounting portion has an inner surface, with the inner surface having a threaded portion, and wherein the correcting member has a threaded outer surface mateable to the threaded portion.

7. The scale assembly of claim 4, wherein the number of the mounting portions, flexible members, and receiving slots are the same.

8. The scale assembly of claim 7, wherein for multiple mounting portions and receiving slots, the mounting portions are formed at the same side of the supporting surface, and the receiving slots are formed at the same side of the resting surface, with the mounting portions aligning with respective receiving slots.

9. The scale assembly of claim 7, wherein for multiple mounting portions and receiving slots, the mounting portions are formed at different sides of the supporting surface, and the receiving slots are formed at different sides of the resting surface, with the mounting portions aligning with respective receiving slots.

10. The scale assembly of claim 4, wherein the sensing member is hemispherically shaped.

11. The scale assembly of claim 4, wherein the sensing member is cylindrically shaped.