Shopping cart bagging station and method of forming the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10220866-B2
Application number	US-201615383170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2016
Priority date	Dec 22, 2015
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a shopping cart bagging station that couples to a shopping cart, and can be used by customers to bag their purchases as they shop. The shopping cart bagging station can be made from recyclable materials and is lightweight and portable. The shopping cart bagging station can be supplied as a kit, where the kit includes a sheet of rigid material, with each of the shopping cart elements outlined with perforated lines in the sheet of rigid material. The shopping cart bagging station is constructed by separating elements along the perforated lines, and then fitting the shopping cart bagging station elements together to form the shopping cart bagging station. The shopping cart bagging station elements fit together with slot joints formed by connecting slots in the elements. The customer can separate the shopping cart bagging station elements and construct the shopping cart bagging station themselves.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shopping cart bagging station comprising:
a support bar comprising:
a front side;
a rear side;
a top edge;
a bottom edge;
a first slot extending into the support bar from the top edge;
a second slot extending into the support bar from the bottom edge; and
a third slot extending into the support bar from the bottom edge;

a bag holder hook removeably coupled to the support bar using the first slot;
a first shopping cart mounting structure removeably coupled to the support bar using the second slot; and
a second shopping cart mounting structure removeably coupled to the support bar using the third slot, wherein the support bar, the bag holder hook, the first shopping cart mounting structure and the second shopping cart mounting structure are formed from a sheet of rigid material; wherein the support bar, the bag holder hook, the first shopping cart mounting structure and the second shopping cart mounting structure are outlined by a plurality of perforated lines in the sheet of the rigid material; and wherein the support bar, the bag holder hook, the first shopping cart mounting structure and the second shopping cart mounting structure are separated at the plurality of the perforated lines.

2. The shopping cart bagging station of claim 1 , wherein the bag holder hook comprises a bag holder hook slot, wherein the bag holder hook slot couples to the first slot to form a first slot joint.

3. The shopping cart bagging station of claim 2 , wherein the first shopping cart mounting structure comprises a first mounting structure slot, wherein the first mounting structure slot couples to the second slot to form a second slot joint.

4. The shopping cart bagging station of claim 3 , wherein the second shopping cart mounting structure comprises a second mounting structure slot, wherein the second mounting structure slot couples to the third slot to form a third slot joint.

5. The shopping cart bagging station of claim 1 , wherein the first shopping cart mounting structure comprises a first handle holder arm, and wherein the second shopping cart mounting structure comprises a second handle holder arm.

6. The shopping cart bagging station of claim 5 , wherein the first shopping cart mounting structure comprises a first cart coupling hook, and wherein the second shopping cart mounting structure comprises a second cart coupling hook.

7. The shopping cart bagging station of claim 6 , wherein the bag holder hook comprises a third cart coupling hook.

Assignees

• Walmart Apollo Llc

Inventors

• Bacallao Yurgis Mauro

Classifications

• B62B5/00

  Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts ({B62B3/1404} , B62B9/00 take precedence; wheels, axles, or axle bearings for vehicles B60B; castors for vehicles, castors in general B60B33/00) · CPC title

• B62B3/14 Primary

  characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys {(collapsible shopping trolleys B62B3/027)} · CPC title

• A47F9/042 Primary

  Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor · CPC title

• B62B3/1464

  Bags or containers specially adapted to the baskets · CPC title

• B65B2067/1294

  Holders for multiple sacks · CPC title