# US 2017/0280900 A1 · Bagging station bagging clip > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0280900 A1 - Document ID: US20170280900A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/472,658 - Filed: 2017-03-29 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30 - Assignees: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Applicants: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Inventors: Yurgis Mauro Bacallao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170280900A1 ## CPC - A47F 9/042: {Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor} - B65B 67/1227: {only by a part of the periphery, e.g. by single points or handles, or by one side or two opposite sides only (B65B67/1244 takes precedence)} - B65B 67/1233: {Clamping or holding means} - B65B 67/1266: {specially adapted for storing or dispensing sacks from a supply} - B65B 2067/1294: {Holders for multiple sacks} - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract Disclosed is a bagging clip that couples to a bag holder hook of a shopping bag bagging station. The bagging clip helps to keep shopping bags hung from the bag holder hook in place as one of the shopping bags is opened, filled and removed. The bagging clip includes a plate with at least one slot in the plate. The slot is a cutout in the plate extending from a front surface to a back surface of the plate. The slot is configured to couple with a rail of the bag holder hook of the bag holder, in order to couple the bagging clip to the bag holder hook. Once the bagging clip is coupled to the bag holder hook, shopping bags hung from the bag holder hook will stay in place as individual shopping bags are filled and removed from the bag holder hook. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bagging clip for a shopping bag bagging station comprising: a disk; and a first and a second slot in the disk; wherein each of the first and the second slot couple the bagging clip to the shopping bag bagging station. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bagging clip of claim 1, wherein the first slot comprises an opening at a first end of the first slot and a rail hole at a second end of the first slot opposing the first end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bagging clip of claim 2, wherein the rail hole is circular in shape. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bagging clip of claim 1, further comprising a center support between the first and the second slot. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The bagging clip of claim 4, further comprising a sloped protrusion extending from the center support. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The bagging clip of claim 5, wherein a protrusion front surface of the sloped protrusion lies in a first plane, and wherein a disk front surface of the disk lies in a second plane, and wherein the first plane and the second plane are not parallel to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The bagging clip of claim 1, wherein the first slot and the second slot are parallel to each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bagging clip of claim 1, wherein the first slot and the second slot are cutouts in the disk, where the cutouts extend through the disk, from a disk front surface to a disk back surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The bagging clip of claim 1, wherein the first slot couples to a first rail of the shopping bag bagging station, and wherein the second slot couples to a second rail of the shopping bag bagging station. ### Claim 10 A shopping bag bagging station comprising: a bag holder comprising a bag holder hook; and a bagging clip coupled to the bag holder hook, wherein the bagging clip comprises: a plate; and at least one slot in the plate; wherein the at least one slot couples the plate to the bag holder hook. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The shopping bag bagging station of claim 10, wherein the at least one slot comprises an opening at a first end of the slot and a rail hole at a second end of the slot opposing the first end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The shopping bag bagging station of claim 11, wherein the rail hole is circular in shape, and wherein the bag holder hook slides through the opening and along the slot to the rail hole to couple the bagging clip to the bag holder hook. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The shopping bag bagging station of claim 10, wherein: the bag holder hook comprises a first rail and a second rail; the bagging clip comprises a first slot and a second slot; the first slot couples to the first rail; and the second slot couples to the second rail. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The shopping bag bagging station of claim 13, further comprising a center support between the first and the second slot. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The shopping bag bagging station of claim 14, further comprising a sloped protrusion extending from the center support. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The shopping bag bagging station of claim 10, wherein the plate is a flat disk. ### Claim 17 A method of keeping a plurality of bags on a bag holder hook of a bagging station, the method comprising: cutting a first and a second slot in a flat disk to form a bagging clip; hanging the plurality of bags on the bag holder hook, wherein the bag holder hook comprises a first and a second rail; coupling the bagging clip to the bag holder hook, wherein the bagging clip keeps the plurality of bags on the bag holder hook. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the coupling the bagging clip to the bag holder hook comprises: coupling the first slot to the first rail of the bagging station; and coupling the second slot to the second rail of the bagging station. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising forming a sloped protrusion on the flat disk, wherein the sloped protrusion extends from the flat disk between the first and the second slot, and wherein a protrusion front surface lies in a first plane, and wherein a flat disk front surface lies in a second plane, and wherein the first plane and the second plane are not parallel to each other. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the first slot and the second slot are parallel to each other.