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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Ecr Software Corporation, Boone, NC (US);
Peter Terry Catoe, Blowing Rock, NC (US);
ECR Software Corporation, Boone, NC (US);
Abstract
A checkout counter includes a support surface for a standing person to place and remove items. A powered conveyor transports placed items in a direction from a first end of the conveyor toward an opposite end. The conveyor has a discharge end, and part of the support surface extends toward the opposite end beyond the conveyor. An upward-oriented bar code scanner in the support surface reads bar codes as an attendant passes them over the scanner. At least one bag mount extends laterally from the support surface and the support surface define an attendant cockpit located laterally of the checkout counter near the discharge end, allowing an attendant to stand in the cockpit facing the counter at a substantially right angle. The attendant can handle items discharged from the conveyor, pass them over the scanner, and place them in a bag without having to twist or turn his or her body.