The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Timothy Good, Charlotte, NC (US);
Sean Philip Kearney, Marlton, NJ (US);
Patrick Anthony Giordano, Glassboro, NJ (US);
Erik Van Horn, Ocean View, NJ (US);
Robert Pierce, West Berlin, NJ (US);
Stephen Colavito, Garnet Valley, PA (US);
David Wilz, Sewell, NJ (US);
Charles Joseph Cunningham, IV, Broomall, PA (US);
Michael Vincent Miraglia, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Tao Xian, Columbus, NJ (US);
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Abstract
Point-of sale (POS) devices and checkout devices are provided. An exemplary checkout apparatus includes a plurality of sensing elements arranged in fixed relationship with each other at the mouth of a bag. At least one of the sensing elements senses a code arranged on a product as the product is being placed into the bag.