Call button bracket
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorYurgis Mauro Bacallao
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Abstract
Disclosed is a call button system for a monitor at a self-checkout station of a retail store. The call button system includes an apparatus for coupling the call button to a monitor at the self-checkout station. The call button can be used by customers to summon help from a retail store employee while they are using the self-checkout station. The apparatus for coupling the call button to the monitor places the call button conveniently near the monitor the customer will be using at the self-checkout station. The apparatus for coupling the call button to the monitor includes a coupling bracket that couples the call button to the monitor. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes two S brackets that stabilize the call button and the coupling bracket.
Claims20
An apparatus for coupling a call button to a monitor at a self-checkout station, the apparatus comprising a triangular coupling bracket, wherein the triangular coupling bracket comprises:
- a first side rod with a first side rod length, wherein the first side rod extends between a first vertex comprising a first hole and a second vertex comprising a second hole;
- a second side rod with a second side rod length, wherein the second side rod extends between the first vertex and a third vertex comprising a third hole;
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- a third side rod, wherein the third side rod extends between the second vertex and the third vertex.
A call button system for a self-checkout station in a retail store, the call button system comprising:
- a monitor;
- a call button comprising a call button housing;
- a coupling bracket, wherein the coupling bracket couples the call button to the monitor;
- and
- a first and a second S bracket coupled between the call button housing and the coupling bracket.
A method of mounting a call button to a monitor, the method comprising:
- coupling a first S bracket base leg of a first S bracket to a second side rod of a triangular coupling bracket;
- coupling a second S bracket base leg of a second S bracket to a second vertex of the triangular coupling bracket;
- coupling the first and the second S bracket and the triangular coupling bracket to the call button;
- sliding a first S bracket center section and a second S bracket center section between the call button and the monitor;
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- coupling the triangular coupling bracket to the monitor.
The method of claim 20, wherein the coupling the triangular coupling bracket to the monitor comprises coupling the third vertex to the monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.