Technical Field
This invention relates to retail store fixtures, and, more specifically, to a bagging station that couples to a shopping cart.
State of the Art
A bagging station is a fixture located in a retail store that holds a stack of shopping bags, often plastic shopping bags, and dispenses these bags as they are filled with products a customer has purchased. The shopping bags are held in a manner and position such that it is easy and convenient for a person to open one bag at a time, place purchased items in the bag, and then remove the bag and the enclosed products from the bagging station. Bagging stations have traditionally been located at checkout stations where customers pay for their products, because that is where the products have traditionally been transferred from a shopping cart to the shopping bags. With the advent of electronic purchasing and self-checkout, however, customers are able to pay for and bag their products as they shop, and these actions can occur at locations other than at checkout stations. There is a need for bagging stations at locations in retail stores besides the checkout station.
Accordingly, what is needed is a bagging station that can be mounted in a shopping cart, so that customers can bag their purchases as they shop.
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an invention related to retail store fixtures and, more specifically, to a bagging station that couples to a shopping cart. Described is a shopping cart system that includes a shopping cart and a shopping cart bagging station. The disclosed shopping cart system with shopping cart bagging station can be used by customers to bag their purchases as they shop. The disclosed shopping cart bagging station includes a bag dispenser and a shopping cart coupler. The bag dispenser holds a plurality of shopping bags, and dispenses the shopping bags one at a time as products are placed in a shopping bag. The shopping cart coupler is coupled to the bag dispenser and couples the shopping cart bagging station to a shopping cart. The shopping cart coupler includes a back plate, and a first and a second L bracket coupled to the back plate. In some embodiments, the bag dispenser includes a support bar, a first and a second handler holder arm, and a bag holder hook. The bag holder hook is coupled to the support bar, where the bag holder hook holds the plurality of shopping bags. The first and the second handle holder arm are coupled to the support bar. Each of the first and the second handle holder arms hold a handle of a shopping bag such that the shopping bag is held open and items can be placed in the shopping bag. The shopping cart coupler can include bolts which couple the shopping cart coupler to the bag dispenser. The shopping cart bagging station is coupled to a shopping cart by coupling the shopping cart coupler to the bag dispenser with a side of the shopping cart clamped (held, secured, fastened, anchored) between the shopping cart coupler and the bag dispenser. The shopping cart bagging station can be mounted in various locations on a shopping cart, making it easy and convenient for a customer to carry and load a plurality of shopping bags as they shop. The shopping cart system includes the shopping cart and the shopping cart bagging station. The shopping cart bagging station is a fixed shopping cart bagging station that, once mounted to the shopping cart, will often stay with the shopping cart indefinitely. The shopping cart bagging station can be coupled to the shopping cart with bolts, for example, and so is not designed to be removed and re-attached frequently. The disclosed shopping cart system with the shopping cart and the shopping cart bagging station provides a means for a customer to load purchases into bags as they shop, instead of having to bag their purchases at a checkout station.
Disclosed herein is a shopping cart bagging station that includes a means to dispense shopping bags, and a means to couple the means to dispense shopping bags to a shopping cart. In some embodiments, the means to couple the means to dispense shopping bags to the shopping cart includes a means to capture a side of the shopping cart between the means to dispense shopping bags and the means to couple the means to dispense shopping bags to a shopping cart. The means to dispense shopping bags and the means to couple the means to dispense shopping bags to a shopping cart can take many different forms, some examples of which are shown and described in this document. The examples shown and described are not meant to be limiting, and many other variations are possible in light of the teachings in this document.
Shopping cart system 219 includes shopping cart 218 and shopping cart bagging station 210, as shown in
Shopping cart bagging station 210 includes a bag dispenser 212, and a shopping cart coupler 262, as shown in the figures. Bag dispenser 212 dispenses shopping bags, and shopping cart coupler 262 couples bag dispenser 212 to a shopping cart. Shopping cart bagging station 210 is coupled to shopping cart 218 with side 270 of shopping cart 218 clamped (held or captured) between bag dispenser 212 and shopping cart coupler 262 of shopping cart bagging station 210.
Shopping cart bagging station 210 includes bag dispenser 212, as shown in
Bag dispenser 212 holds and dispenses at least one shopping bag. In the embodiment shown in the figures, bag dispenser 212 holds a plurality of shopping bags 254, as shown in
Shopping cart bagging station 210 also includes shopping cart coupler 262, as shown in
Shopping cart coupler 262 is shown in
Shopping cart coupler 262 includes a back plate 264, a first L bracket 266, and a second L brackets 268 (best seen in
Back plate 264 is an elongate rigid bar having a front surface 272 (
First L bracket 266 is an “L”-shaped rigid member, with a first stem 267 and a first leg 269, as shown in
Second L bracket 268 is an “L”-shaped rigid member, with a second stem 296 and a second leg 297, as shown in
First L bracket 266 is coupled to back plate rear surface 274 at back plate first end 276, as shown in
Second L bracket 268 is coupled to back plate rear surface 274 at back plate second end 278, as shown in
First and second L brackets 266 and 268, and bolts 290, secure shopping cart bagging station 212 to side 270 of shopping cart 218, as can best be seen in
First and second L brackets 266 and 268 couple bag dispenser 212 to side 270 of shopping cart 218 in a number of ways. First and second L brackets 266 and 268 clamp (capture, hold, secure) side 270 between shopping cart coupler 262 and bag dispenser 212. And, first and second L brackets hang from a rod 236 of shopping cart 218, further securing shopping cart bagging station 210 to shopping cart 218. Rod 236 is one of a plurality of shopping cart rods 244 of shopping cart 218. For example,
Multiple holes in back plate 264 and first and second L bracket 266 and 268 provide adjustability and options for mounting shopping cart bagging station 210 to different positions in shopping cart 218. It is to be understood that couplers other than bolts are used in some embodiments of shopping cart bagging station 210. In some embodiments, L brackets 266 and 268 have different sizes and shapes to match different sizes and shapes of shopping carts.
With shopping cart coupler 262 fixedly coupled to bag dispenser 212 with side 270 clamped, or held, in between, shopping cart bagging station 210 is coupled to shopping cart 218 and can be used by a customer to dispense bags as needed while the customer shops. Shopping cart bagging station 210 can be coupled to many positions within shopping cart 218.
Method 300 includes an act 320 of coupling a first L bracket and a second L bracket to a back plate to form a shopping cart coupler. In some embodiments, the back plate is an elongate rigid bar having a back plate first end, a back plate second end opposing the back plate first end, a front surface, a rear surface, and a back plate longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the back plate longitudinal axis extends longitudinally from the back plate first end to the back plate second end.
In some embodiments, the first L bracket includes a first stem with a first stem first end and a first stem second end opposing the first stem first end. In some embodiments, the first L bracket includes a first L bracket longitudinal axis, where the first L bracket longitudinal axis extends longitudinally from the first stem first end to the first stem second end. In some embodiments, the first L bracket includes a first leg coupled to the first stem, wherein the first leg extends perpendicular to the first stem.
In some embodiments the second L bracket includes a second stem with a second stem first end and a second stem second end opposing the second stem first end. In some embodiments, the second L bracket includes a second L bracket longitudinal axis, where the second L bracket longitudinal axis extends longitudinally from the second stem first end to the second stem second end. In some embodiments the second L bracket includes a second leg coupled to the second stem, wherein the second leg extends perpendicular to the second stem.
In some embodiments, act 320 of coupling the first and the second L bracket to the back plate to form the shopping cart coupler includes coupling the first L bracket to the rear surface at the back plate first end. In some embodiments, act 320 of coupling the first and the second L bracket to the back plate to form the shopping cart coupler includes coupling the second L bracket to the rear surface at the back plate second end.
In some embodiments, coupling the first L bracket to the rear surface at the back plate first end includes coupling the first stem to the rear surface, wherein the first leg extends in a direction towards the front surface. In some embodiments, coupling the first L bracket to the rear surface at the back plate first end comprises coupling the first stem to the rear surface such that the first L bracket longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the back plate longitudinal axis.
In some embodiment, coupling the second L bracket to the rear surface at the back plate second end comprises coupling the second stem to the rear surface, wherein the second leg extends in a direction towards the front surface. In some embodiments, coupling the second L bracket to the rear surface at the back plate second end comprises coupling the second stem to the rear surface such that the second L bracket longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the back plate longitudinal axis.
Method 300 also includes an act 330 of coupling the shopping cart coupler to the bag dispenser with a side of the shopping cart clamped, or held, between the bag dispenser and the shopping cart coupler. In some embodiments, the coupling is fixedly coupling using bolts. In some embodiments, coupling the shopping cart coupler to the bag dispenser includes fixedly mounting the bag dispenser to the back plate with the side of the shopping cart clamped, held, or secured between the bag dispenser and the back plate. In some embodiments, the first leg and the second leg hang from a rod of the shopping cart after fixedly mounting the bag dispenser to the back plate with the side of the shopping cart held between the bag dispenser and the back plate.
The embodiments and examples set forth herein were presented in order to best explain the present invention and its practical application and to thereby enable those of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the foregoing description and examples have been presented for the purposes of illustration and example only. The description as set forth is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the teachings above.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 15/383,126, filed Dec. 19, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”; and this application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 15/383,151, filed Dec. 19, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”; and this application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 15/383,170, filed Dec. 19, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”; and this application claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 62/298,011, filed Feb. 22, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”, U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 62/298,017, filed Feb. 22, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”, U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 62/377,135, filed Aug. 19, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”, U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/377,143, filed Aug. 19, 2016 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”, U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/402,475, filed Sep. 30, 2016, to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same” and U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/448,481, filed Jan. 20, 2017 to Applicant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and entitled “Shopping Cart Bagging Station and Method of Forming the Same”, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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