Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart

Details Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart

1989-09-15

1991-07-02

Bartuska, F. J.

Merchandising

Customer service

Store service

280 33995, A47F 904, B62B 300

Patent

active

050279246

ABSTRACT:
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 substantially isosceles trapezoidal shape viewed from above. The cart includes a chassis frame, a front pair of castors attached to the chassis frame and a rear set of castors attached to the chassis frame. The front pair of castors defines a track width which is smaller than the track width defined by the rear set of castors. The shopping basket is adapted to travel through the lane defined along the longitudinal side of the counter to an unloading end of the counter. The shopping basket includes a chute-like bottom portion inclined at an angle of at least 15 degrees from the horizontal. The bottom portion includes an upper transverse edge. A tracking arrangement is provided positioned adjacent the upper transverse edge. A track is disposed transversely in a substantially horizontal position on the unloading end of the counter, the tracking arrangement engages the track for positioning the upper transverse edge of the basket adjacent the unloading end of the counter.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3286794 (1966-11-01), Shoffner
patent: 3437176 (1969-04-01), Ruttenberg et al.
patent: 4679805 (1987-07-01), Cunningham

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1240716