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US 12,030,544 B2Granted
Shipping trolley for self-service shopping
AssigneeMago S.A.
InventorPiotr Marczak
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Abstract
A shopping trolley for self-service shopping, includes a frame (1) supported by wheels (51, 52) The frame includes longitudinal beams (2) which at an upper end portion are coupled to each other by a handrail (3) that extends transverse thereto. A suspension assembly (4) extends operatively intermediate of the wheels and the frame. A scale (7) that includes an upward facing weighing surface is operatively supported by the frame. The shopping trolley includes a removable shopping bag (9) with a bottom (91). A pair of releasable grips (8) are operable to secure the shopping bag in a position with its bottom (91) on the weighing surface of the scale. An electronic terminal (6) is in operative connection with the scale.
Claims20
A shopping trolley for self-service shopping, comprising:
- a frame, wherein the frame includes
- a pair of horizontally disposed vertically extending longitudinal beams,
- wherein each longitudinal beam includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion,
- a handrail configured for manual engagement, wherein the handrail
- is in fixed operative connection with the upper end portion of each longitudinal beam, and
- extends transversely between the upper end portions of the longitudinal beams,
- a plurality of rotatable floor engaging wheels,
- wherein at least one wheel is in operative supporting connection with the respective lower end portion of each respective longitudinal beam, whereby the lower end is maintained above the floor,
- at least one scale, wherein each at least one scale
- is in operative supported connection with the frame,
- includes an upward facing weighing surface, wherein the weighing surface extends horizontally intermediate of the longitudinal beams,
- an electronic terminal, wherein the electronic terminal includes circuitry, and
- is in operative connection with the at least one scale,
- a removable shopping bag, wherein the shopping bag includes
- an upper opening to a bag interior area,
- wherein the upper opening is bounded by a pair of transversely disposed, vertically extending bag side walls,
- a bag bottom wall, wherein the bag bottom wall bounds the lower end of the bag interior area,
- a pair of transversely disposed bag grips, wherein each bag grip
- is in operative connection with the frame,
- is releasably operatively engageable with a respective bag side wall,
- wherein in an operative position of the shopping bag the bottom wall is in operative supported connection with the weighing surface of the at least one scale, whereby a weight of at least one item within the bag interior area is enabled to be determined.
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A shopping trolley for self-service shopping, comprising:
- a frame, wherein the frame includes
- a pair of horizontally disposed vertically extending longitudinal beams,
- wherein each longitudinal beam includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion,
- a handrail configured for manual engagement, wherein the handrail
- is in fixed operative connection with the upper end portion of each longitudinal beam, and extends transversely between the upper end portions of the longitudinal beams,
- a plurality of rotatable floor engaging wheels,
- wherein at least one wheel is in operative supporting connection with the respective lower end portion of each respective longitudinal beam, whereby the lower end of the respective longitudinal beam is maintained above the floor,
- at least one scale, wherein the at least one scale
- is in operative supported connection with the frame,
- includes an upward facing weighing surface, wherein the weighing surface extends horizontally intermediate of the longitudinal beams,
- an electronic terminal, wherein the electronic terminal
- includes electronic circuitry, and
- is in operative connection with the at least one scale,
- a pair of transversely disposed shopping bag grips, wherein each shopping bag grip
- is in operative connection with the frame,
- is configured to releasably engage a respective shopping bag wall portion that bounds an interior area of a shopping bag,
- wherein the pair of shopping bags grips are configured to releasably hold opposed shopping bag wall portions that bound an upper opening to the interior area of the shopping bag while the at least one weighing surface is in engagement with a bottom wall of the shopping bag that bounds the interior area of the shopping bag,
- wherein with each of the shopping bag grips in engagement with the shopping bag the at least one scale is enabled to determine a weight of at least one item within the interior area of the shopping bag.
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A shopping trolley for self-service shopping, comprising:
- a frame, wherein the frame includes a pair of transversely disposed, vertically extending, longitudinal beams,
- a handrail configured for manual engagement and in operative connection with each of the longitudinal beams,
- a plurality of wheels in operative supporting connection with the frame,
- a scale, wherein the scale is in operative connection with the frame and includes an upward facing weighing surface extending transversely intermediate of the longitudinal beams,
- an electronic terminal including circuitry, wherein the circuitry is in operative connection with the scale,
- a shopping bag, wherein the shopping bag
- is releasably operatively engageable with the frame,
- includes an interior area bounded by at least one vertically extending sidewall and a horizontally extending bottom wall,
- a pair of transversely disposed bag engaging grips, wherein each bag engaging grip
- is in operative connection with the frame, and
- is configured to releasably engage a sidewall portion of the at least one side wall of the shopping bag,
- wherein the bottom wall of the shopping bag is in engagement with the upward facing weighing surface of the scale and a weight of at least one item within the interior area of the shopping bag can be determined through operation of the scale.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.