Personal shopping buddy shopping cart device

• US 20110208613A1
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Melvin Parham
• Original Assignee: Melvin Parham
• Inventors: Parham, Melvin
• Application Number:
  US12/931,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20110208613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.61
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/0096 Identification of the cart or merchandise, e.g. by barcodes or radio frequency identification [RFID]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation

Abstract

The Personal Shopping Buddy Shopping Cart Device provides a collapsible shopping cart equipped with state-of-the-art on-board electronics, configured to the needs of the individual user, and capable of digitally linking to the store'"'"'s database to keep tabs on every item purchased as well as other information. Upon entering the store, the Personal Shopping Buddy automatically links to the store'"'"'s database and proceeds to download the latest information. Every time the user takes an item from of the shelves, a built-in laser-scanner reads the product'"'"'s UPC barcode as it is placed into the cart, allowing the system to keep a tab of precisely how much the user spends and exactly what items they are purchasing. The digital LED readout, located on the handle of the cart facing the user, clearly displays the current item count, total price, tax included, as well as other information. Upon exiting, the user is able to easily load the Personal Shopping Buddy into the vehicle merely triggering the pressure-sensitive bumper wheel causing the legs to retract, allowing the unit to slide neatly into the user'"'"'s trunk, rear seat, or cargo compartment.

Claims

1. A collapsible digital smart grocery cart, comprising a rectangular box-like shape and push-handles, wherein the unit measures approximately twenty-four inches to thirty inches in width, forty-two inches in length, including child seat, with height adjustable from twenty-four inches to forty-eight inches and the handle measuring six inches, and wherein the legs of the cart comprise collapsible steel rods, wherein the four legs crisscross and slide from a center-mounted pivot-joint, wherein the retractable legs are released by means of a pressure-sensitive switch mounted underneath the cart, and the legs are fully adjustable, and further wherein the cart comprises three hundred sixty degree rotating caster-type wheels, and further comprising an electronic device, said electronic device capable of digitally linking to the store'"'"'s database to keep tabs on every item purchased as well as providing the user with current information on product pricing, store wide discounts, nutrition information, health warnings and the like.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a digital LED readout, located on the handle of the cart facing the user, wherein the LED readout clearly displays the current item count, total price, tax included, and other information required by the user.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the collected data on the device can be downloaded to a self-check-out register, or a standard register, if the store is compatible, at which time the user swipes a credit card or pays by cash.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is capable of being easily loaded into a vehicle by pushing the unit toward the trunk or cargo compartment, whereupon contact of a pressure-sensitive bumper wheel is triggered and causes the legs to retract, allowing the device to slide neatly into the user'"'"'s trunk, rear seat, or cargo compartment.