Reusable grocery bag for use with optical product identifiers
OwnerIsabelle Spencerinventor
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Abstract
A reusable bag includes a fabric body having an interior volume and an opening that provides access to the interior volume. The fabric body including a plurality of threads oriented and spaced apart so as to form a net structure for securing at least one grocery product within the interior volume. At least a portion of the net structure is sized and shaped to allow an optical product identifier received in the interior volume and on or associated with the at least one grocery product to be optically identified through the net structure using an optical scanner.
Claims19
A reusable grocery bag, comprising:
- a) a fabric body having an interior volume and an opening that provides access to the interior volume;
- b) the fabric body including a plurality of threads oriented and spaced apart so as to form a net structure for securing at least one grocery product within the interior volume;
- c) wherein at least a portion of the net structure is sized and shaped to allow an optical product identifier received in the interior volume and on or associated with the at least one grocery product to be optically identified through the net structure using an optical scanner.
A system for scanning an optical product identifier on or associated with at least one grocery product, the system comprising:
- a) an optical scanner;
- b) a data processor in communication with the optical scanner;
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- c) at least one reusable grocery bag, each reusable grocery bag comprising:
- i) a fabric body having an interior volume and an opening that provides access to the interior volume, the fabric body including a plurality of threads oriented and spaced apart so as to form a net structure for securing the least one grocery product within the interior volume;
- ii) wherein at least a portion of the net structure is sized and shaped to allow the optical product identifier on or associated with the at least one grocery product to be optically identified through the net structure using the optical scanner.
A method of scanning an optical product identifier on or associated with at least one grocery product, the method comprising:
- a) providing at least one reusable grocery bag, each reusable grocery bag having:
- i) a fabric body having an interior volume and an opening that provides access to the interior volume, the fabric body including a plurality of threads oriented and spaced apart so as to form a net structure for securing the at least one grocery product within the interior volume;
- ii) wherein at least a portion of the net structure is sized and shaped to allow the optical product identifier on or associated with the at least one grocery product to be optically identified through the net structure using an optical scanner;
- b) placing the product within the interior volume of the reusable bag;
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- c) scanning the optical product identifier through the net structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.