ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,219, issued on March 17, was assigned to BIZERBA SE & Co. KG (Balingen, Germany).
"Retail weighing scale" was invented by Bernhard Dietmann (Grosselfingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weighing scale includes a weighing module having a load cell in a housing. The load cell has fixed, deformation, and movable portions. The fixed portion is connected to the housing, and the movable portion bears a spider bearing a platter. The housing is open upward in a region of the load cell. The housing is closed by the platter and by edges of the platter which protrude downward beyond the top edge of the housing. The deformation porti...