Signs for display of store item location systems

• US 6,609,317 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2001
• Issued: 08/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roy A. Myers
• Original Assignee: Roy A. Myers
• Inventors: Myers, Roy A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, VISHAL A
• Application Number:
  US10/026,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20020124445A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 403/08, 406/610.3, 248/223, 248/33.99 A
• US Class Current: 40/308
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 10/00 Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for conveyor aspects B65G; building aspects E04H; coin-freed apparatus G07F
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/14 characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys collapsible shopping trolleys B62B3/027
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/0096 Identification of the cart or merchandise, e.g. by barcodes or radio frequency identification [RFID]
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 2209/06 Use of order trucks

Abstract

A two part indexing and signage system for use with shopping carts and store aisles. The first part of the device includes a general indexing system attached to the back panel of the child seat on a shopping cart. The second part is in connection with the shelving typically containing the products in the aisle of the store and contains an alpha numerical key having three characters associated with each item in order to identify particular product positions within that aisle.

Claims

1. A two part indexing system for locating store items and for use in connection with shopping carts having baby seats and for use in connection with stores having shopping carts, as well as aisles that contain a vertical array of shelves having various store items upon said shelves;

these aisle also have left and right sides as well as two ends;

said system comprising;

a first part, general item locator device having a first indexed list for a plurality of said store items and said first indexed list having associated with each of said items an aisle location corresponding to each said store item, said first part in connection with a shopping cart;

a second part, aisle indexing card, in connection with said store shelving associated with a particular aisle, said second locator having in connection a second indexed list of aisle-associated items residing in said particular aisle, said second indexed list having associated with each aisle-associated item an alpha numerical locating reference having 3 alpha-numerical designator, said first alpha-numerical part being a letter chosen from the letters “

l”

or “

r”

that corresponds to what side of the aisle said item is on;

said second alph numerical designator being a two digit numeral corresponding to the location of said item in said aisle in terms of the approximte distance that item is from the end of the aisle, said third alphanumerical designator being a one digit numerial corresponding to the particular shelf that said item is located upon.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said first part is connected to said baby seat of said shopping cart.

3. The system of claim 2 having update notices for use with store items whose location has been changed, said update notices in connection with the store shelves, said update notices containing information pertaining to a store item whose location within the store has changed and including the name of the item whose location has changed and the new location within the store where the item is now, said update notice placed in aisle in proximity to the former location of the store item.