US 2017/0291294 A1 · Mechanical Overstock Audit Tool and Associated Methods

Abstract

Example overstock audit tools and associated methods are described. The example overstock audit tool includes a body defining a distal end and a proximal end, and a cutout formed in the body and extending from the proximal end. The cutout can be configured and dimensioned to be placed against a shelf edge to align the handle portion with the shelf edge. The overstock audit tool includes an elongated portion attached to and extending from the handle portion. An example overstock audit tool can include a roller mechanism configured to slidably secure the handle portion to the shelf edge.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An overstock audit tool, comprising:

a handle portion including (i) a body defining a distal end and a proximal end, and (ii) a cutout formed in the body and extending from the proximal end, the cutout being configured and dimensioned to be placed against a shelf edge to align the handle portion with the shelf edge;
and
an elongated portion attached to and extending from the handle portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/484,651Filed 11 Apr 2017

Priority

12 Apr 2016

Published

12 Oct 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A47F 13/08
Shop or like accessories: hand implements, e.g. grocers' scoops, ladles, paper-bag holders
B25J 1/04
Manipulators positioned in space by hand: rigid, e.g. shelf-reachers
A47F 13/06
Shop or like accessories: reaching devices
A47F
Special furniture, fittings, or accessories for shops, storehouses, bars, restaurants or the

Mechanical Overstock Audit Tool and Associated Methods

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Mechanical Overstock Audit Tool and Associated Methods

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Abstract

Claims20