Shopping cart

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12190689-B2
Application number	US-202318504173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2023
Priority date	Feb 13, 2023
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

A shopping cart includes a cart body, a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof, a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information of an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed, and a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shopping cart, comprising:
a cart body;
a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof;
a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information of an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed; and
a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above, wherein
the handle is movable to a position above the display screen.

2. The shopping cart according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the basket table in a first direction along which the handle extends is longer than a length of the basket table in a second direction crossing the first direction.

3. The shopping cart according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal includes a scanner adjacent to the display screen for scanning an item.

4. The shopping cart according to claim 1 , wherein the basket table is rotatable between a first position at which a surface of the basket table is parallel to a floor and a second position at which the surface is vertical or substantially vertical to the floor.

5. The shopping cart according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an arm including the handle and rotatable between a first position at which the handle is on the front side of the cart body and a second position at which the handle is above the display screen.

6. The shopping cart according to claim 5 , wherein the arm at the first position surrounds the basket table when viewed from above.

7. The shopping cart according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an interlocking mechanism that interlocks the basket table with the arm, wherein
when the arm rotates from the first position to the second position, the interlocking mechanism causes the basket table to also rotate from a first position at which a surface of the basket table is parallel to a floor to a second position at which the surface is vertical or substantially vertical to the floor.

8. The shopping cart according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a lamp, wherein
the cart body includes a support extending vertically or substantially vertically and having a hole that penetrates the support in a direction parallel to the handle, and
the lamp is disposed in the hole.

9. The shopping cart according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a reflective surface facing the lamp in the hole.

10. A cart, comprising:
a cart body;
a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on which information of an item stored in the cart can be displayed;
a handle attached to the cart body and movable between a first position at which the handle is on a front side of the cart body and a second position at which the handle is on a rear side of the cart body and above the display screen; and
a table attached to the cart body below the display screen and rotatable between a first position at which a surface of the table is parallel to a floor and a second position at which the surface is vertical or substantially vertical to the floor.

11. The cart according to claim 10 , wherein a length of the table in a first direction along which the handle extends is longer than a length of the table in a second direction crossing the first direction.

12. The cart according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal includes a scanner adjacent to the display screen for scanning an item.

13. The cart according to claim 10 , further comprising:
an arm that includes the handle and surrounds the table when the handle is at the first position when viewed from above.

14. The cart according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a lamp, wherein
the cart body includes a support extending vertically or substantially vertically and having a hole that penetrates the support in a direction parallel to the handle, and
the lamp is disposed in the hole.

15. The cart according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a reflective surface facing the lamp in the hole.

16. A sales data processing system, comprising:
a server configured to manage sales data; and
a shopping cart configured to register an item for purchase and transmit information of the registered item to the server, the shopping cart including:
a cart body,
a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof,
a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information on an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed, and
a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above, wherein

the handle is movable to a position above the display screen.

17. The sales data processing system according to claim 16 , wherein a length of the basket table in a first direction along which the handle extends is longer than a length of the basket table in a second direction crossing the first direction.

18. The sales data processing system according to claim 16 , wherein the terminal includes a scanner adjacent to the display screen for scanning an item.

19. The sales data processing system according to claim 16 , wherein the basket table is rotatable between a first position at which a surface of the basket table is parallel to a floor and a second position at which the surface is vertical or substantially vertical to the floor.

Assignees

• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Yamamoto Souichi
• Ono Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G07G1/01

  Details for indicating · CPC title

• B62B5/067

  Stowable or retractable handle bars · CPC title

• B62B3/18

  nestable by means of pivoted supports or support parts, e.g. baskets {(B62B3/1476 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B62B3/1468

  Additional trays · CPC title

• B62B3/1424 Primary

  Electronic display devices · CPC title