TBB Triple Beam Design Patent
TBB Triple Beam’s Unique Design Now Patented: Adam Equipment Secures Design Protection In U.S.
Adam Equipment has been issued a design patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the company’s TBB Triple Beam mechanical balance. The patent excludes other parties from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the balance’s design throughout the United States, or importing its design into the United States.
“The TBB’s innovative design incorporates many unique and crucial features for today’s science classroom,” said Alan Storey, Managing Director of Adam Equipment. “This recognition from the US Patent Office protects the R&D investment we put into creating this new triple beam for teachers.”
Adam’s TBB Triple Beam offers an assortment of valuable classroom features not available with any other triple beam. First, in response to teachers’ overwhelming concerns about stolen triple beams, Adam built a security bracket into the TBB’s housing so that educators could easily keep their balances safe from theft. The bracket is compatible with any universal KensingtonTM type lock and cable. (Cable and lock sold separately.)
Secondly, the TBB comes equipped with unique tripod legs to lift up the balance for optimal visibility during teachers’ front-of-class demos and students’ below balance activities such as density experiments. The legs are both more stable and more convenient to use than the rod and clamp kits that other manufacturers offer. Because the legs are integrated into the balance, the TBB removes the hassle of fitting clamps onto a lab table and also erases concerns about damaging lab furniture. Adam’s TBB is the only triple beam that includes below-balance weighing as a standard feature rather than as an accessory at an additional cost.
Adam also added a protractor, ruler, and conversion chart right onto the balance’s housing, transforming the TBB into a complete measurement tool for schools. Finally, the TBB has a wider overall body than other triple beams, making it the sturdiest option for students.
Every TBB comes complete with attachment weights, providing a full 2610g capacity (with .1g readability), at a 610g capacity price. Adam’s TBB is durable and easy to keep clean with metal housing and a stainless steel pan. A built-in mass holder provides handy storage for the additional weights when they are not in use. Quality center-point readings are ensured with magnetic dampening, positive poise positioning, well-defined notches, and three graduated-tier beams. A counterbalance knob provides speedy zeroing.
The balance is backed by a five-year Adam Assurance Warranty with responsive and reliable service before, during, and after the sale.
About Adam Equipment
Adam Equipment manufactures and distributes a complete range of balances and scales for the education, laboratory, industrial, medical, and jewelry markets. The company is certified to ISO 9001-2000 and is privately held. Adam Equipment has its world headquarters in Milton Keynes, England with its Americas office based in Danbury, Connecticut. Additional Adam operations are located in South Africa, Australia, and China. With over thirty five years of experience in the mass measurement field, Adam Equipment’s products are found in schools, laboratories, and industrial sites across the globe. Additional information about the company’s US Education Division is available at www.adamequipment.com/education.
