Collapsible weighing scale with carrying case

Claim 1

A WEIGHING SCALE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A BASE UNIT OF RELATIVELY SMALL LENGTH AND WIDTH DIMENSIONS PROVIDING SUCH COMPACTNESS AS TO BE NORMALLY UNSUITED FOR THE WEIGHING OF SUITCASES AND THE LIKE, THE BASE UNIT COMPRISING A BASE PORTION AND A WEIGHING MECHANISM HOUSED THEREIN, A PLATFORM PORTION COVERING THE BASE PORTION OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TOP AREA AS SAID BASE PORTION AND CONNECTED WITH THE WEIGHING MECHANISM. TO ACTUATE THE SAME IN RESPONSE TO A WEIGHT PLACED ON THE PLATFORM PORTION, WEIGHT INDICATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASE PORTION AND ADAPTED TO BE VIEWED FROM ABOVE, A PLATFORM EXTENSION MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE PLATFORM MEMBER AT EACH LONGITUDINAL SIDE THEREOF NORMALLY OCCUPYING A POSITION OVERLYING SUCH PLATFORM PORTION AND ADAPTED TO BE MOVED TO AN EXTENSION POSITION TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM EXTENSION OVERREACHING THE ADJACENT SIDE OF THE BASE PORTION, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASE PORTION NORMALLY OCCUPYING A POSITION WITHIN THE SIDES OF THE BASE PORTION AND ADAPTED TO BE MOVED TO AN EXTENDED POSITION BENEATH EACH SAID PLATFORM EXTENSION AND COPLANAR WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE BASE PORTION TO PROVIDE AN EXTENDED BASE SUPPORT COACTING WITH THE EXTENDED SIDES OF THE PLATFORM.