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US 2017/0303704 A1Published application
Product Count Tracking Device
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsRobert J. Taylor, Matthew Alexander, Jeffrey S. Cruz, William M. Propes, Leigh Ann Scobey
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Abstract
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are described herein useful to indicate the number of products on a merchandising unit. Counting devices as described herein maintain an accurate count of the number of products on a given merchandising unit and provides a display of the count.
Claims20
An apparatus for tracking a product number count of merchandised products, the apparatus comprising:
- a merchandising unit supporting one or more products for display to a consumer;
- a counting mechanism coupled to the merchandising unit and configured to determine a count of the number of products supported in one or more rows by the merchandising unit;
- a display coupled to the counting mechanism and visible on the merchandising unit, the display configured to display the count of the number of products supported in the one or more rows by the merchandising unit.
A method of tracking a product number count of merchandised products, the method comprising:
- tracking, using a counting mechanism coupled to a merchandising unit configured to support one or more products in one or more rows, a number of products supported by the merchandising unit to keep a count of the number of products;
- displaying the count on a display provided on the merchandising unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.