ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,613, issued on July 8, was assigned to Intercomp Co. (Medina, Minn.).
"Dual platform weighing scale technology" was invented by William P Kroll (Medina, Minn.) and Randie Evenson (Blaine, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual platform, electronic weigh scale is disclosed. The scale is compact and self-contained. The scale is useful for commercial vehicle weight enforcement. The scale has a base, a set of load cells, and two (2) platforms. The base is rigid, metallic, and generally rectangular, and has a central recessed area. The load cells are elongated, rectangular, and are coupled to the base in the central recessed area. The...