Walmart Apollo, LLC

Todd Franke

David G Tovey

David Jon Carr

Timothy James Burleson

Richard Mark Ramsden

Jason D Shaffer

Corey L Peach

Kuleni Gebisa

Rachael Ulman

Mark J Valentine

Kevin A Ruehle

Sam Cohagan

Danielle McPherson

Examples provide a height adjustable tray including a service surface for moving one or more items from a first height near the top of a display case down to a lower height within reach of a user in a seated position or otherwise unable to reach a top surface of the display case. The tray is connected to a set of one or more support arms. A gearing mechanism moves the set of support arms along a range of motion to lower the tray from the first height near the top of the display case to a position in front of the display case at a second height. The tray remains in a horizontal orientation substantially parallel to the floor or ground surface as the tray moves through the range of motion. An operating mechanism controls movement of the tray along the range of motion.

Expendable service surface device

Embodiments of a computer-implemented method and system pertaining to drive through grocery pickup are described. In one example, a computer-implemented method receives geographic information about a user. The geographic information indicates that the user is within a predetermined area associated with the physical store. The method also determines whether there is a pending remotely placed order for a user account associated with the user in a database associated with the physical store. In response to a determination that there is the pending remotely placed order for the user account associated with the user in the database, the method transmits order information to a computing device of the physical store. The order information includes one or more items in the pending remotely placed order. The method also determines a current location of the user. The method further causes a delivery of the one or more items to the current location.

Delivery of remotely ordered items to the current location of a user when geographic information indicates that the user is within a predetermined area associated with a physical store

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Bentonville, AR, United States of America

Todd Franke