Patent ID: 8240563
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A47F,G07G

Abstract:
1. A self-checkout stand for customers to scan items and pay for items being purchased and placed on the stand for accumulation and movement and for the customer to bag the items without assistance comprising a frame supporting the checkout stand, the stand having a flat belt on which items can be placed by the customer, with a declining take-way belt after the flat belt, the declining take-way belt having a left side, a right side and an end, with a set of rollers on the left side at an obtuse angle to the declining take-way belt, with the set of rollers having ends that abut the end of the declining take-way belt, with a set of transition rollers having right side ends in line with the right side of the declining take-away belt, with axes of the transition rollers being parallel to a width of the declining take-away belt, the transition rollers having left side ends abutting the set of rollers at an obtuse angle to the declining take-way belt, with an abutting set of declining rollers positioned between the set of rollers and an accumulation area with a front and back such that the abutting set of declining rollers extends between a back of the set of rollers and the front of the accumulation area, with the accumulation area rising in height from the front to the back to slow a speed at which the items move along the checkout stand.