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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Yurgis Mauro Bacallao, Centerton, AR (US);
Douglas E. Humphrys, Bentonville, AR (US);
Tina Kurtz, Rogers, AR (US);
Leslie Irvin, Gravette, AR (US);
Assignee:
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/407 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/07758 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for transporting merchandise returned by a customer from a customer service area or a retail store to a back storage area of a retail store comprises a customer facing device for use by a retail store customer to enter return merchandise data; a scanning device for identifying the returned merchandise; and at least one conveyor belt at the retail store for transporting the returned merchandise from the customer service area to the back storage area.