Transportable scale with extendible width

Claim 1

IN A TRANSPORTABLE SCALE WITH AN EXTENSIBLE DECK, HAVING A BASE FRAME, A WEIGHBRIDGE SUPPORTED ON SAID BASE FRAME BY A LEVER SYSTEM, SAID WEIGHBRIDGE HAVING A RIGID FRAME, INCLUDING LONGITUDINAL SIDE MEMBERS WITH OUTER FLANGES AND WITH EXTENSION MEMBERS PROJECTING LATERALLY OUT THEREFROM, AND A PAIR OF PLATFORMS RELEASABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID WEIGHBRIDGE, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF: OUTRIGGER MEMBERS EACH ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS LONG AS AND PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS AND HAVING AN UPPER BEAM RESTING ON SAID EXTENSION MEMBER AND HAVING A LOWER SURFACE AND AN UPPER SURFACE, PORTION BEARING AGAINST SAID FLANGES AND UPPER SURFACE PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL SIDE MEMBERS AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVE WIDTH OF SAID WEIGHBRIDGE FRAME OR TO FOLD INTO A POSITION IN WHICH THEY EXTEND OUT NOT FURTHER THAN SAID EXTENSION MEMBERS, EACH SAID OUTRIGGER MEMBER ALSO HAVING A LOWER BEAM SECURED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID UPPER BEAM AND POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE OUTER END OF SAID EXTENSION MEMBER WHEN SAID OUTRIGGER IS IN ITS EXTENDED POSITION.