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Device for weighing individuals on a toilet seat

  • US 4,697,656 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1986
  • Issued: 10/06/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Device for weighing individuals on a toilet seat, comprising a seat (4) and a cover hinged on a support fastened to a bowl (11), means for measurement of the user'"'"'s weight made solid with seat (4) made to rest on the upper edge of bowl (11), said measuring means work with a means (8) for displaying the user'"'"'s weight, the hinge of the seat is provided with an oblong hole or with sufficient play to avoid disturbing the measurement, characterized in that means for measurement of the user'"'"'s weight consist of three active strain gage blades mounted in series on a Wheatstone bridge together forming a sensor, said blades are oriented toward the epicenter of seat (4), and the part of the support of said blades in contact with the bowl is of semirigid material, and said sensor works with an electronic unit comprising means for formatting the measurement signal and for transmission to a digital weight display means (8, 13) placed on a front extension (9) of the seat, and the seat is overfilled on a rigid metallic structure, and hinge (56) of cover (55) is fastened on a support (57) outside of the seat.

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