Shopping cart bagging station and method of forming the same

• US 10,220,866 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Bacallao, Yurgis Mauro
• Primary Examiner(s): Battisti, Derek J
• Application Number:
  US15/383,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20170174240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 9/042 Shopping bags or carton-dispensing systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/106 the objects being bags
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/1464 Bags or containers specially adapted to the baskets
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 2067/1294 Holders for multiple sacks
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 67/1205 collapsible or foldable B65B67/1216, B65B67/1244, B65B67/1255 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 67/1227 only by a part of the periphery, e.g. by single points or handles, or by one side or two opposite sides only B65B67/1244 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 67/1266 specially adapted for storing or dispensing sacks from a supply

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.

Claims

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.