ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,933, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Mettler-Toledo LLC (Columbus, Ohio).
"Floor scale with cleanable footprint" was invented by Joshua Mastenbrook (Lancaster, Ohio), Jason Bayer (Columbus, Ohio), Huaqiang Hui (Changzhou, China), Thomas Johannes Schilling (Albstadt, Germany) and Dengyou Chen (Changzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor scale (10) intended for use in an environment requiring hygienic cleaning has a load platform (12) that is supported by a frame (18). A pair of foot assemblies 26, positioned along the sides of the frame, anchor the frame to the floor and provide a base from which the frame and load platfo...