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US 6,179,089 B2Granted
Below the scanner (BTS) nesting check stand/cart system
OwnerDennis Michael Bishopinventor
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Abstract
A check stand having a cantilevered scanner housing using (10) combined with a shopping cart having a cart basket bottom (16) which passes beneath the cantilevered scanner housing to create a nested check stand and cart combined system. The shopping cart having a angled drop-down front gate (20) which opens to allow the cart basket bottom (16) to pass beneath the cantilevered scanner housing (10).
Claims2
A check stand having a cantilevered scanner housing and a shopping cart having a basket bottom that passes beneath said cantilevered scanner housing to form a complete system of a nested check stand and cart comprising:
- said check stand with said cantilevered scanner housing into which an optical scanner is recessed and said cantilevered scanner housing being of a size in height, depth and width to fit inside the main basket body of said shopping cart
- said shopping cart having a front gate that opens to allow the bottom of the cart basket to pass beneath the cantilevered scanner housing of the check stand and said cart having vertical sides which pass on both vertical sides of the cantilevered scanner housing of the check stand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.