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  5. /Y10S 194/00 · Check-actuated control mechanisms
  6. /Y10S 194/905
Y10S 194/905

Shopping cart return

Y10S194/905 (Shopping cart return) appears on 67 US grants and 3 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 194/00Check-actuated control mechanisms
  5. Y10S 194/905Shopping cart return
Granted patents
67
Published applications
3
Assignees
23
Inventors
63
Latest grant
10 Feb 2015

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 194/905: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
198310
198450
198530
198660
198750
198810
198920
199020
199130
199230
199350
199430
199540
199670
199710
199800
199930
200040
200120
200220
200300
200411
200520
200600
200701
200811
200900
201000
201100
201200
201300
201400
201510

1983199320032015

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Shopping trolley10 Feb 2015US 8,950,567 B2
  • Shopping cart conveyor with gated access18 Nov 2008US 7,453,358 B2Pflow Industries, Inc.
  • Cart return credit system13 Dec 2005US 6,975,205 B1Carttronics, LLC
  • Security28 Jun 2005US 6,911,908 B1Activerf Limited
  • Deposit lock for a trolley14 Dec 2004US 6,830,252 B2Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
  • Shopping Trolley22 May 2008US 2008/0116033 A1
  • Shopping cart conveyor with gated access6 Sep 2007US 2007/0205859 A1Pflow Industries, Inc.
  • Deposit lock for a trolley25 Mar 2004US 2004/0056437 A1Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Shopping cart retrieval system107US 4,868,544 A1989
  • Cart return loyalty credit system92US 6,486,768 B1Carttronics, LLC · 2002
  • Nestable cart anti-reversing apparatus75US 4,450,968 ASmarte Carte, Inc. · 1984
  • Shopping cart retrieval system with award signal generation based on a predetermined count70US 5,119,087 A1992
  • Cart management system61US 5,921,373 ASmart Carte, Inc. · 1999

Top assignees

Documents
  • SCSmarte Carte, Inc.6
  • VHVendoret Holding S. A.5
  • SASystec Ausbausysteme GmbH4
  • CSCatena-Systems APS3
  • MMors3
  • RSRonis S.A.3
  • CCarttronics, LLC2
  • CLCatena-Locks A/S2
  • PIPflow Industries, Inc.2
  • SSSupermarket Systems2

Often classified with

  • G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus67
  • A47FSpecial furniture, fittings, or accessories for shops, storehouses, bars, restaurants or the14
  • B62BHand-propelled vehicles9
  • Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification6
  • G07GRegistering the receipt of cash, valuables, or tokens4
  • B65GTransport or storage devices3
  • E05BLocks3
  • G06KGraphical data reading3
  • G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial3
  • G08BSignalling systems3

Documents that also carry the other class.

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