Walmart Apollo, LLC

Wal-mart Stores, Inc.

Yurgis Mauro Bacallao

Stephen Tyler Caution

Joshua David Osmon

John Levy

Dennis Charles Beere, Ii

Michael D Bookman

Robert J Taylor

Douglas E Humphrys

Levi Jacob Robinson

Daniel Cruz

Carolyne Wendel

Donald R High

Jason D Bellar

Tawfeek Abohammdan

Leslie Irvin

Jesse Berry

Tina M Kurtz

Cynthia Marie Scholtes Kennedy

Megan Baareman

Jaclyn Moreda

Amber Roehrs

Natalie L Scott

Ruth Victoria Dengler

Kenneth Samuel Larsen

Diane Phillips

Omar Cerda

A video training system is described for making short training videos available to employees at their work locations which are simple to operate. It employs several inexpensive video cards each which are loaded with several training videos that redistributed to users at their work locations. A training status device keeps track of which training videos are on which video cards. A tracking base tracks the locations of each video card. Each card has biometrics for identifying the user using each video card. Training status device receives the identity of the current user, checks to see which training videos that current user must view, but did not already view and provides this information to a logic device. Logic device receives the current location of the video cards having the training videos and notifies the current user where to find the video cards.

Video card training system

A collection apparatus for organizing paper-based transaction items collected at a store checkout comprises a housing including a front section, rear section, left side, right side, top region, and bottom region; and an interior of the housing that is constructed and arranged into three regions. Each region includes a cavity; a removable container positioned in each cavity; three slot-shaped openings in the front section. Each slot-shaped opening is aligned with an opening in a removable container for providing a path for the paper-based transaction items to the removable container. A sensor in each cavity or container senses the paper-based transaction items received via a slot-shaped opening into the container.

Collection box for point-of-sale printed matter

Described is a bagging station for use in a retail store to hold paper bags for filling with purchased products. The bagging station includes a bag retaining fixture for holding paper bags instead of hooks for holding plastic bags. The bag retaining fixture includes an elongate rod and a roller wheel. The elongate rod acts as an axle for the roller wheel. The elongate rod is coupled to a side wall of the bagging station. The elongate rod biases the roller wheel against the side wall. A side of a bag placed between the roller wheel and the side wall holds the paper bag in position on the bagging station so the bag can be filled with purchased items, then removed to be carried out of the store.

Bag retaining fixture

A bagging station with a bag holder includes a box that encloses a bag dispenser. The bag holder is mounted at a bagging station in a retail store so the bag dispenser can hold and dispense shopping bags at the bagging station. The bag holder includes a rectangular box with a sliding door front that encases the bag dispenser and the shopping bags. The sliding door slides between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the bag dispenser is accessible at the bagging station, and is used to dispense shopping bags. In the closed position, the bag dispenser and the shopping bags are enclosed in the bag holder. In the closed position, the shopping bags will not fall off the bag dispenser, or be stolen from the bag dispenser.

Bagging station with shopping bag holder

Described is a shopping cart used to collect items in a retail store and transport them throughout the store and/or to a customer's vehicle. The shopping cart is configured to make it easier to load and unload heavy and awkward items. The shopping cart has a shopping cart basket and a support structure supporting the shopping cart basket above a wheel assembly. A front panel of the shopping cart basket rolls on wheels and tracks to a position above the basket or below the shopping basket. The shopping cart also has a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the shopping cart basket. A customer can raise or lower the shopping cart basket and slide the front panel out of the way, if needed, for easy loading and unloading of the shopping cart. These features make it easier for the customer to load and unload heavy and awkward items.

Shopping cart and method of assembling a shopping cart

A tether system is described that tethers a mobile computing device to a base. The tether system allows the mobile computing device to be used by individuals, but does not allow the mobile computing device to be moved further away from the base than the length of the tether. The tether system includes a tether cord with a first end coupled to the base, and a second end coupled to a coupling apparatus. The base can be a fixed structure, or can be coupled to a fixed structure, at the location where the mobile computing device is kept. The coupling apparatus is coupled to the mobile computing device. With the coupling apparatus coupling one end of the tether cord to the mobile computing device, and the other end of the tether cord coupled to the base, the tether system couples the mobile computing device to the base.

Tether system

A bag holder is described for holding and dispensing shopping bags in a retail store. A front plate secures the shopping bags on the bag holder when the bag holder is not being used. The bag holder has a back plate assembly that is coupled to a center section of a bagging station in the retail store. The back plate assembly includes a bag holder hook and two handle holder hooks that hold and dispense shopping bags at the bagging station. When the bag holder is not being used to dispense shopping bags, the front plate is coupled to the back plate assembly. With the front plate coupled to the back plate assembly, the shopping bags are securely held between the front plate and the back plate assembly, and are safe from falling off or being taken off of the bag holder and the bagging station.

Bagging station and shopping bag holder

A display table for displaying perishable produce items comprises a base; a produce bed on which the perishable produce items are positioned; and an air flow system for providing air circulation and ventilation at the produce bed. The air flow system comprises a plurality of ducts under the produce bed; an air distribution box that evenly distributes the air through the ducts; and a plurality of fans that circulate the air from the ducts under the produce bed to a region above the produce bed. The display table further comprises a control device that controls a flow of the air via the fans to the produce bed according to a state of the perishable produce items on the produce bed; and a self-contained power panel that generates power for the fans, the air distribution box, and the control device, wherein the power panel includes a cell power electrical system.

Panel powered produce display table

A cart for use by a store associate in a lawn and garden center comprises a frame; a folding tray table extending from a top region of the frame; at least one basket extending from the frame, wherein a combination of the tray table and the at least one basket are configured for receiving lawn and garden items and items used by the store associate to assist customers; at least one bagging fixture for holding shopping bags; and a wheel assembly coupled to a bottom region of the frame, comprising at least two wheels.

Carts for mobile checkout of lawn and garden purchases

A mobile device cradle for interlacing two different mobile devices, comprising: a front surface; a first opening in the front surface for access to a display of the mobile devices; a second opening in the front surface for access to a keypad of the mobile devices; a third opening between the first and second openings in the front surface for access to a set of function keys of the mobile devices; a rear surface; a side surface extending between the front surface and the rear surface; an interior region formed between the front surface, the rear surface, and the side surface; a region of separation opposite the side surface for receiving one of the mobile devices into the interior region; and a coupling assembly at the rear region for coupling the cradle to the other of the mobile devices to an exterior of the rear region.

Holder for multiple mobile electronic devices

In some embodiments, a label holder for retaining an electronic product label and detachably coupling to a product container includes rear panel, a top panel and a bottom panel each movably attached to the rear panel and extending in a forward direction relative to the rear panel, and at least one container-gripping panel attached to the rear panel and extending from the rear panel. The rear panel, the top panel, and the bottom panel together define a channel therebetween configured to slidably receive and retain an electronic product label. The container-gripping panel includes a plurality of projections extending therefrom and configured to grip at least one wall of the product container to detachably couple the label holder to the product container. Methods of detachably attaching the label holder to the product container and methods of uncoupling the label holder from the product container are also described.

Label holder for coupling electronic labels to containers and associated methods

Disclosed is a shopping cart bagging station that couples to a shopping cart. The shopping cart bagging station includes a center piece, a first and a second handle arm assembly, and a back plate. The center piece includes a bag holder hook that at least one shopping bag hangs from. The first and the second handle arm assembly each include a handle holder arm that an arm of the shopping bag hangs from. The back plate couples the bagging station to a shopping cart by securing a side of the shopping cart between the back plate and the center piece. The shopping cart bagging station can be mounted in various locations on a shopping cart, making it easy and convenient for a customer to carry and load a number of shopping bags as they shop.

Shopping cart bagging station and method of forming the same

A shopping cart bagging station that couples to a shopping cart is described. The shopping cart bagging station includes a center piece, a first and a second handle arm assembly, and a shopping cart coupler assembly. The center piece includes a bag holder hook that holds at least one shopping bag. The first and the second handle arm assembly each include a handle holder arm that holds the arms of one or more shopping bag. The first and the second handle arm assemblies slidingly insert into a hollow body of the center piece and are adjustably coupled to the center piece. The shopping cart coupler assembly couples the bagging station to a shopping cart. The shopping cart bagging station can be mounted in various locations on a shopping cart, making it easy and convenient for a customer to carry and load a number of shopping bags as they shop.

Described is a shopping cart bagging station that is used in retail stores to dispense shopping bags while a customer of the retail store shops. The shopping cart bagging station holds and dispenses shopping bags. The shopping cart bagging station is coupled to a shopping cart so that the customer can load items they purchase into the shopping bags as they shop. The shopping cart bagging station includes a support bar, three top hooks coupled to the support bar, and three bottom hooks coupled to the support bar. The three top hooks couple the shopping cart bagging station to a shopping cart. The three bottom hooks hold shopping bags. By using the shopping cart bagging station, a customer does not have to visit a checkout station to have their purchased items bagged.

Shopping cart bagging station

Described is a shopping cart bagging station that is used in retail stores to dispense shopping bags while a customer of the retail store shops. The shopping cart bagging station holds and dispenses shopping bags. The shopping cart bagging station is coupled to a shopping cart so that the customer can load items they purchase into the shopping bags as they shop. The shopping cart bagging station includes a support channel and three hooks coupled to the support channel. The support channel couples to the shopping cart. The three hooks hold shopping bags. By using the shopping cart bagging station, a customer does not have to visit a checkout station to bag their purchased items.

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Centerton, AR, United States of America

Yurgis Mauro Bacallao