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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300062 | Nestable shopping cart A nestable shopping cart formed to at least partially receive a second nestable shopping cart. The nestable shopping cart includes a frame, a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame, and a basket coupled to the frame. A body is coupled to the frame and a seat is co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7214025 | Lifting apparatus for scaffold and method A lifting apparatus to facilitate lifting and maneuvering of a scaffold or the like by a forklift is provided. The lifting apparatus includes two identical portions, each portion including two end structure portions and a backbone portion. The end structure portions... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7134674 | Shopping trolley A shopping trolley (1) with a basket (2) includes a small-item tray (13) fixed to the inside (4) of its end wall (3). The end wall (3) of the shopping trolley, starting from its upper edge (7), has an indentation (... | 11/14/2006 |
| 5863054 | Grocery cart platform lift A shopping cart has a vertically movable horizontal shelf that is normally positioned near the upper rim of the basket of the cart. The shelf is spring biased so that as it becomes loaded with shopping items, it tends to move downwardly within the basket.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5836422 | Shopping cart having front basket wall with lowered upper edge and combination with checkout stand A checkout stand supported by a floor has a working surface at a specific elevation above the floor and is combined with a shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure, and a basket having side, bottom, and front walls, which are fixed t... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5211263 | Store check-out station A store check-out station comprises a working table, an input conveyor, and an offset output conveyor. The top surface of the working table is preferably shaped in the form of a truncated sector of a circle, having its input edge orthogonal to its output ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4618032 | Two belted supermarket checkout system A supermarket-type checkout counter facilitates two-handed scanning of merchandise coded indicia by an operator to speed up and simplify supermarket checkout procedures. A scanner is mounted in a module which, with a side live conveyor, a rear live convey... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4548295 | Counter system A counter system comprising at least one counter and a plurality of shopping carts. The counter includes a cashier's section and a conveyor band for articles and assists in defining a passage for the carts to move past the cashier's section. The counter f... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4353564 | Supermarket counter construction and method of using same A supermarket counter construction to expedite movement through supermarket checkouts by permitting two lines of customers to follow simultaneously past a single cashier. THe construction contemplates automatic means under the control of the customer for ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4265335 | Check-out counter A counter is recessed along the customer aisle on the front end thereof in order to permit the customer to push the cart into the customer aisle and unload the cart within the aisle by standing at the side or front end of the cart and removing items to tr... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4177880 | Combination supermarket counter and cart therefor A supermarket counter construction in which an upper surface of the counter is provided with an elongated slot. A cooperating cart includes a slideably mounted vertical side wall which when lowered for unloading the contents of the cart enters the slot wh... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4118044 | Gate mechanism for cart A gate construction for a shopping cart basket wherein a gate panel is disposed between sidewalls of the basket for closing an end thereof. The gate panel has its lower edge pivotally supported on a pair of brackets mounted to the sidewalls adjacent the l... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4116456 | Shopping cart A shopping cart having a novel locking arrangement for the gate of the upper basket and featuring a baby basket that seats a child below the level of the upper basket for enhanced stability of the cart and economy of storage in the upper basket, as well a... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4114727 | Supermarket counter construction and method of using same A supermarket counter construction to expedite movement through supermarket checkouts by permitting two lines of customers to follow simultaneously past a single cashier. The construction contemplates automatic apparatus under the control of the customer ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4105096 | Checkstand A checkstand has a pivotable cash register stand and a counter across from the cash register stand onto which groceries or other items are unloaded. The checkstand generally defines one side of a customer aisle adjacent the counter and a separate cart ais... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4007809 | System for handling goods in selfservice shops A system for handling goods in selfservice shops, comprising a shopping trolley and a cash counter. The trolley comprises at least one basket consisting of a bottom and four side walls, one of which is pivotally connected to two opposite side walls of the... | 02/15/1977 |
