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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Taylor, Rogers, AR (US);
Matthew Alexander, Rogers, AR (US);
Jeffrey S. Cruz, Bentonville, AR (US);
William M. Propes, Bentonville, AR (US);
Leigh Ann Scobey, Bentonville, AR (US);
Assignee:
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 1/12 (2006.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 1/125 (2013.01); G07F 9/026 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are described herein useful to indicate the number of products on a merchandising unit. Counting devices as described herein maintain an accurate count of the number of products on a given merchandising unit and provides a display of the count.