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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. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Thorofare, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Julia Irmscher, Zwingenberg, DE;
Michael Rapp, Modautal, DE;
Rainer Brenner, Teningen-Kondringen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 13/26 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, systems and other embodiments associated with charging merchandise items are presented. A method of charging merchandise items includes displaying merchandise items at a consumer display so that the merchandise items can be handled by a consumer. A first power supply charges a portion of the display that does not include the merchandise items and a second power supply charges the merchandise items. The merchandise items can be charged at the display on a multiplexed basis.