# US 10,308,387 B2 · Bagging clip tool for a bagging station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,387 B2 - Document ID: US10308387B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/831,561 - Filed: 2017-12-05 - Published: 2018-06-21 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-16 - Assignees: Walmart Apollo, LLC - Applicants: Walmart Apollo, LLC - Inventors: Yurgis Mauro Bacallao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308387B2 ## CPC - B65B 51/043: {Applying springy clips around bag necks} - A45F 5/1046: {and supported above the grip surface of the carrying handle} - B65B 67/1266: {specially adapted for storing or dispensing sacks from a supply} - A47F 9/042: {Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor} - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - A45F: TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS ## Abstract Disclosed is a bagging clip tool that couples to a shopping bag bagging station. The bagging clip tool helps to keep shopping bags hung from a bag holder hook in place as one of the shopping bags is opened, filled and removed. The bagging clip tool includes a handle, a clip coupled to a first end of the handle, and a T bar with a pair of wheels coupled to a second end of the handle. The clip keeps shopping bags hung from the bag holder hook in place as individual shopping bags are filled and removed from the bag holder hook. The pair of wheels easily grab and separate the two sides of the shopping bag so a user can open the shopping bag without fumbling. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bagging station for dispensing at least one shopping bag in a retail store, the bagging station comprising: a bag holder having a bag holder hook that holds the at least one shopping bag; and a bagging clip tool coupled to the bag holder, the bagging clip tool comprising: an elongate handle with a handle first end, a handle second end opposing the handle first end, and a handle longitudinal axis extending from the handle first end to the handle second end; a clip extending from the handle first end, wherein the clip couples to the bag holder hook; and a pair of wheels coupled to the handle second end, wherein the bagging clip tool helps to keep the at least one shopping bag hung from the bag holder hook in place as one of the at least one shopping bag is opened, filled, and then removed from the bag holder. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bagging station of claim 1, wherein the clip comprises a disk having at least one slot, wherein the disk extends from the handle first end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bagging station of claim 2, wherein the at least one slot comprises a first slot and a second slot, wherein the first slot and the second slot are on either side of the handle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The bagging station of claim 2, wherein the at least one slot couples the clip to a rail of the bag holder hook. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The bagging station of claim 3, wherein the disk further comprises: a strap hole; and a locking protrusion extending from a front surface of the disk. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The bagging station of claim 3, wherein the bagging clip tool further comprises a bar extending from the handle second end, wherein the bar is an elongate bar having a bar first end, a bar second end opposing the bar first end, and a bar longitudinal axis extending from the bar first end to the bar second end, and wherein the bar longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the handle longitudinal axis wherein the bar and the handle together form a T bar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The bagging station of claim 6, wherein a first wheel of the pair of wheels is coupled to the bar first end, and wherein a second wheel of the pair of wheels is coupled to the bar second end. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The bagging station of claim 7, wherein the first and the second wheel both rotate about the bar longitudinal axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The bagging station of claim 8, wherein the bagging station further comprises a center section and the bag holder is coupled to a side of the center section, wherein the bag holder comprises a support bar having a first handle holder arm coupled to a support bar first end, a second handle holder arm coupled to a support bar second end, and wherein the bag holder hook is coupled to the support bar between the first handle holder arm and the second handle holder arm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The bagging station of claim 9, wherein the bag holder hook comprises a first and a second rail, and wherein the first slot of the disk couples to the first rail, and the second slot of the disk couples to the second rail. ### Claim 11 A bagging clip tool comprising: a handle having a handle first end, a handle second end opposing the handle first end, and a handle longitudinal axis extending from the handle first end to the handle second end; a clip extending from the handle first end; a bar extending from the handle second end; and a pair of wheels coupled to the bar, wherein the clip comprises a disk having a first slot adjacent a handle first side and a second slot adjacent a handle second side. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The bagging clip tool of claim 11, wherein the handle extends from the disk between the first and the second slot. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The bagging clip tool of claim 12, wherein the bar comprises: a bar first end; and a bar second end; wherein a first wheel of the pair of wheels is coupled to the bar first end, and wherein a second wheel of the pair of wheels is coupled to the bar second end. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The bagging clip tool of claim 13, wherein the bar further comprises a bar longitudinal axis extending from the bar first end to the bar second end, and wherein the bar longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the handle longitudinal axis.