Bag retaining fixture
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsYurgis Mauro Bacallao, Ruth Victoria Dengler, Cynthia Marie Scholtes Kennedy
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Abstract
Described is a bagging station for use in a retail store to hold paper bags for filling with purchased products. The bagging station includes a bag retaining fixture for holding paper bags instead of hooks for holding plastic bags. The bag retaining fixture includes an elongate rod and a roller wheel. The elongate rod acts as an axle for the roller wheel. The elongate rod is coupled to a side wall of the bagging station. The elongate rod biases the roller wheel against the side wall. A side of a bag placed between the roller wheel and the side wall holds the paper bag in position on the bagging station so the bag can be filled with purchased items, then removed to be carried out of the store.
Claims20
A bagging station comprising:
- a bagging station carousel having at least one side wall;
- a bag retaining fixture coupled to the at least one side wall, wherein the bag retaining fixture comprises:
- an elongate rod having an elongate rod first end and an elongate rod second end opposing the elongate rod first end, wherein the elongate rod first end and the elongate rod second end are coupled to the at least one side wall;
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- a roller wheel coupled to the elongate rod, wherein the roller wheel rotates on the elongate rod, and wherein a roller wheel diameter is at least 5 times larger than an elongate rod diameter;
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- at least one bag position on the carousel;
- wherein the elongate rod biases the roller wheel against the at least one side wall to hold a side of the at least one bag between the roller wheel and the at least one side wall.
A bag retaining fixture comprising:
- an elongate rod comprising:
- an elongate rod first end and an elongate rod second end opposing the elongate rod first end;
- a circular first end portion, wherein the circular first end portion extends from the elongate rod first end to a first leg portion end, and wherein the circular first end portion is configured to receive a first coupler;
- a first leg portion extending from the first leg portion end to a bag retaining section first end, wherein the first leg portion is straight;
- a bag retaining section, wherein the bag retaining section extends from the bag retaining section first end to a bag retaining section second end opposing the bag retaining section first end, wherein the bag retaining section first end is coupled to the first leg portion, and wherein the bag retaining section holds a roller wheel;
- a second leg portion extending from the bag retaining section second end to a second leg portion end, wherein the second leg portion is straight;
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- a circular second end portion, wherein the circular second end portion extends from the second leg portion end to the elongate rod second end, and wherein the circular second end portion is configured to receive a second coupler;
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- wherein the roller wheel rotates on the elongate rod, and wherein a roller wheel diameter of the roller wheel is about 10 times larger than an elongate rod diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.