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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Se-kure Controls, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US);
Roger J. Leyden, Inverness, IL (US);
Se-Kure Controls, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The combination of a shopping cart and a checkout location. The shopping cart has a wheeled frame defining: a) a primary article storage receptacle; and b) a lower storage shelf. The checkout location has: a) an aisle through which the shopping cart can be directed and with laterally spaced sides; b) a processing assembly at one side of the aisle; c) a station at which a person can be situated to operate the processing assembly; and d) a mirror on the other side of the aisle situated so that a person situated at the station can observe a reflection of articles placed on the storage shelf. The mirror has a reflective surface configured and located to reflect an image of the shopping cart only below the top of the shopping cart from a vantage point of a person situated at the station.