Carts for mobile checkout of lawn and garden purchases
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsYurgis Mauro Bacallao, Michael D. Bookman, Omar Cerda
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Abstract
A cart for use by a store associate in a lawn and garden center comprises a frame; a folding tray table extending from a top region of the frame; at least one basket extending from the frame, wherein a combination of the tray table and the at least one basket are configured for receiving lawn and garden items and items used by the store associate to assist customers; at least one bagging fixture for holding shopping bags; and a wheel assembly coupled to a bottom region of the frame, comprising at least two wheels.
Claims19
A cart for use by a store associate in a lawn and garden center, comprising:
- a frame;
- a handle extending from the frame in a first direction at an angle relative to a direction of extension of the frame, the handle including at least one port that communicates with a mobile electronic device of the store associate for performing a point-of-sale operation from the cart;
- a folding tray table extending in an open state from a tubular top region of the frame and under the handle in the first direction, the tubular top region of the frame having an attachment mechanism that locks the tray table in a folded state;
- at least one basket extending from a portion of the frame along the direction of extension from the tubular top portion, the at least one basket further extending in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the at least one basket is configured for receiving lawn and garden items and items used by the store associate to assist customers, and the tray table is constructed and arranged to accommodate a point-of-sale device that communicates with the mobile electronic device of the store associate;
- at least one bagging fixture for holding shopping bags;
- a roll holder extending between the two tubular portions of the frame between the tray table and the at least one basket;
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- a wheel assembly coupled to a bottom region of the frame, comprising at least two wheels.
A cart for use by a store associate in a lawn and garden center, comprising:
- a frame comprising a vertical portion and a base at a distal end of the vertical portion;
- a handle extending from a proximal end of the vertical portion, the base extending in a first direction and the handle extending in a second direction that is opposite or nearly opposite than the first direction of the base, the handle including at least one port that communicates with a mobile electronic device of the store associate for performing a point-of-sale operation from the cart;
- a folding tray table extending in the first direction from the frame under the handle, the proximal end of the frame having an attachment mechanism that locks the tray table in a folded state, and the tray table is constructed and arranged to accommodate a first point-of-sale device that communicates with the mobile electronic device of the store associate;
- a basket extending from the vertical portion of the frame over the base in the first direction wherein a combination of the tray table and the basket are constructed and arranged to receive and temporarily store lawn and garden items and items used by the store associate to assist customers;
- a wheel assembly coupled to the base;
- a platform on which lawn and garden items are positioned for transport when a force is applied to the handle so that the wheel assembly includes a pivot point thereby raising the base off the ground so that wheels of the wheel assembly freely rotate;
- a roll holder extending between two tubular portions of the vertical portion of the frame between the tray table and the basket;
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- at least one second point-of-sale device coupled to the cart for providing a mobile point of sale operation from a location co-located with a delivery of the lawn and garden items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.