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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037970 | Checkout counter and self checkout terminal A counter base for checkout includes a basket placing table on one side thereof to be freely raised and lowered. A driving unit can drive to raise and lower the basket placing table. A first detecting unit detects that a shopping cart enters an access area closer to... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7242300 | Shopping cart The present invention teaches and discloses method and apparatus for alerting a grocery store check out cashier of merchandise placed on the bottom tray of a typical grocery shopping cart. A passive RFID transponder is incorporated into the structure of the cart whi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7218225 | System and method for detecting and rewarding the return of a supermarket trolley or a luggage trolley taken from a trolley park A system and a method for detecting and rewarding the return of supermarket carts or luggage carts taken from a cart stand. Each cart is provided with a contactless, preferably optically identifiable, individual mark, by which the cart is identified when it is retur... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6911908 | Security A security system for protecting articles (8), the system comprising at least one Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) loop (1) , one Emitting Unit (7) and one Detecting Unit (9) attached to each article (8) to be protected, the D... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6866193 | Purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having elements for purchasing a commodity fixed to a transportable accommodation section Unjust acts such as carrying out a commodity without reading a commodity code, whether it is intentional or accidental are prevented. The purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus may include a commodity code reading section for reading a commodit... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6776333 | Customer management system When a shopping container put on a counter is moved on this counter, a bar code scanner reads a bar code from bar code holding means mounted on the shopping container and outputs it to a cash register. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6323753 | Automated shopping cart handle An electronic shopping-cart handle with a hand bar and a display unit having an informational display screen for a product directory and periodic display of advertisements, the display unit having operating controls operable by a user's thumbs while maint... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6179089 | Below the scanner (BTS) nesting check stand/cart system A check stand having a cantilevered scanner housing using (10) combined with a shopping cart having a cart basket bottom (16) which passes beneath the cantilevered scanner housing to create a nested check stand and cart combined system. The shopping cart ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6105867 | Purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having self scanning function and POS system The invention provides a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function and a POS system which prevent an unjust act such as to carry out a commodity without reading a commodity code whether it is intentional ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5910769 | Shopping cart scanning system A shopping cart scanning system is disclosed comprised of first and second photoelectric devices situated in a check-out counter and respectively located at the entrance and exit portion of a scanning field. The photoelectric devices both operate in a ret... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5898158 | Purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having self scanning function and POS system The invention provides a purchased commodity accommodating and transporting apparatus having a self scanning function and a POS system which prevent an unjust act such as to carry out a commodity without reading a commodity code whether it is intentional ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5884728 | Assembly for checking and registering purchases in a self-service sales point An assembly for checking an registering purchases made by a consumer in a self-service sales point. The assembly includes a station for unloading the pruchases, a work station provided with apparatus for registering and accounting the purchases adapted to... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5540301 | Automated bulk self-checkout station apparatus An automatic bulk self-checkout apparatus includes several purchase items, each item being marked with a bar code containing item price information, a purchase item holder for retaining purchase items as they are gathered and transported to a checkout are... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5360094 | Collection, storage and dispensing system for shopping carts A collection, storage and dispensing system for shopping carts including an elongated tubular conduit sized to allow a shopping cart to rollably pass therethrough. The conduit includes a sloped first end section defining an entrance opening through which ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5308963 | Goods scanning device for sales outlets A goods scanning device in which the goods scanning window fitted in a housing is arranged upright beside the goods conveying surface has already been proposed. Furthermore, goods scanning devices in which the goods scanning window is arranged in the good... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5158310 | Display system for shopping cart A display system (299) includes a visual display unit (300) mounted on a shopping cart (12d). In one preferred embodiment, a low-intensity ultrasonic signal is emitted by a transmitter (308) positioned at a desired location within a store for reception by... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5149947 | Portable checkout system A checkout system includes an optical scanning device removably mounted on the handles of oppositely positioned grocery carts to enable a operator to remove a purchased merchandise item from one of the carts and to move the item past the scanning device f... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5027924 | Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart A cashier check-out station includes a counter having a platform or conveyor belt leading to a register station, the counter defining a lane along a longitudinal side of the counter. The station arrangement includes a shopping cart with a basket having a ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4973952 | Shopping cart display system A shopping cart display system includes a cart mounted display that is responsive to trigger signals provided by transmitters associated with a particular location. When the display receives a unique trigger signal, it displays advertising media associate... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4868544 | Shopping cart retrieval system The shopping cart retrieval system has been designed to allow search teams to detect and recover stolen or misplaced shopping carts. It consists of two distinct units of electronic equipment integrated together to form a retrieval system. The heart of the... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4838383 | Apparatus for checking out purchases An apparatus for checking out purchases which includes a commodity counter with a commodity bearing surface which is flat and elongated leftward and rightward and a commodity reader portion provided on the aforesaid commodity counter in its center leaving... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4736098 | Signalling method and apparatus for a conventional shopping cart A signalling device for detecting and signalling the presence of articles on the bottom package tray (20) of a shopping cart as the shopping cart is moved through an aisle adjacent a checkout station (72) comprises a pair of springs (40, 42) positioned at... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4725822 | Shopping cart with lower tray signalling device A system for detecting the presence of a load on the lower tray of a shopping cart comprising a shopping cart with a lower tray movable between an upper and a lower position, a signal reflector connected to the lower tray and a detection device for detect... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4723118 | Magnetic detection system for items on the lower tray of a shopping cart A detection system for use by a checkout clerk in a checkout line to detect a load left on the lower tray of a shopping cart by the customer. The shopping cart has a lower tray pivotably mounted on a frame. The tray is movable between a first and second p... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4576274 | Means for the storing of carts such as shopping carts A system for the disposition of shopping carts including at least one storage area for carts, which are intended to be removed and returned from the storage area by users. Each storing area has at least one gate in an outlet passage to permit a cart to pa... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4572347 | Storeroom for transport carts, particularly supermarket shopping carts or the like A storeroom for transport carts, particularly supermarket shopping carts and the like, having removal and return passage barriers, a money collection point for the opening of the passage barrier and a money return point upon the return of the transport ca... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4424893 | Method and installation for encouraging the restitution of shopping carts in a supermarket A method and an installation for encouraging the restitution of a vehicle such as a shopping cart in a reception area the access of which is controlled by wickets. The vehicle is twice identified at the entry of the reception area, by means counting for e... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4327819 | Object detection system for a shopping cart A shopping cart wherein the positioning of an article on a lower tray is signalled to a checkout attendant. A tray is pivotally supported at one end and spring biased in an upper position at an opposite end. A reflector is positioned on the tray such that... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4263986 | Merchandise stocking system and method, and equipment used therewith Material handling system, particularly for a retail establishment having merchandise display and storage areas. The system provides equipment for handling, processing and transporting merchandise from storage to work stations and to display racks. The equ... | 04/28/1981 |
