Thin weight scale

US10151623B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hall Labs LLC · US

Inventors

• David R. Hall · Provo, US
• Jared Reynolds · Pleasant Grove, US
• Joshua Larsen · Spanish Fork, US
• Jared Wagner · Provo, US
• Dan Allen · Springville, US
• Nathan Hopkins · Springville, US
• Justin Robinson · Provo, US
• Kevin Cheatham · Provo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01G19/52
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A thin scale apparatus for measuring body weight includes 5 or more force sensors within a total thickness of between 0.4 inches and 0.004 inches measured between a bottom surface and a top surface of the thin scale apparatus. The thin scale is designed to be thin enough to be non-intrusive or not recognized by a user. A weight of a toilet user may be determined as a combination of additive force of force sensors in a thin scale and force sensor associated with a toilet seat of a toilet. The force sensors may be positioned in one or more cavities on a bottom side of a substrate material of the thin scale or be embedded within a substrate material. Embodiments of a standalone thin scale and a thin scale with a toilet are disclosed.