Adjustable retail store checkout stand, and arrangements
OwnerPhilip S. Kerberinventor
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Abstract
A checkout console for use with a counter-top or conveyor belt point-of-sale checkout stand. The checkout console can support a cash drawer, printer, keyboard, and other such peripheral equipment, and can be mounted so that the top shelf is above a bar code scanner. By positioning the console between the cashier and the customer, twisting and turning be the cashier is greatly reduced. The console, once mounted, is vertically adjustable on demand.
Claims20
A store checkout console comprising:
- (a) a stand support structure, the stand support structure comprising:
- (i) a leg;
- (ii) a mounting portion fixed to and movable in respect to the leg;
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- (iii) a biasing element connected to the leg and to the mounting portion;
- and
- (b) a top support structure attached to the stand support structure, the top support structure comprising:
- (i) a first portion;
- and
- (ii) a second portion, the second portion movably attached to the first portion.
A checkout console for attachment to a surface, the console comprising:
- (a) a stand support structure comprising:
- (i) a first supporting structure configured for fixed attachment to the surface;
- (ii) a second supporting structure attached to the first supporting structure and movable in respect to the first supporting structure;
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- (iii) a biasing element attached to the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure;
- (b) a top;
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- (c) a top support structure attached to the stand support and to the top, the top support structure comprising:
- (i) a first portion fixedly attached to the top;
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- (ii) a second portion configured for fixed attachment to the surface, and movably attached to the first portion.
A method of moving a top of a checkout console in a vertical direction, the checkout console comprising a stand support structure connected to a top support structure, the method comprising:
- (a) disengaging a fastening element on the top support structure;
- (b) moving a first portion of the top support structure in respect to a second portion of the top support structure movably attached to the first portion;
- and,
- (c) moving a leg portion of the stand support structure in respect to a mounting portion of the stand support structure, the second portion and the mounting portion fixed in respect to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.