Patent ID: 7731008
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: G07G

Abstract:
1. A till which can be selectively reconfigured to receive paper currencies and coins of various sizes and denominations, said till comprising: a generally rectangular body having opposed planar sidewalls, a backwall and a bottomwall having a generally flat surface extending forwardly from said backwall between said sidewalls and terminating in a curved portion having a front edge at a forward end of said body; a crosswall extending between said sidewalls to define a paper currency receiving and storage area and a separate coin receiving and storage area within said body; a plurality of spaced-apart vertically extending parallel ribs on the surface of said backwall facing said crosswall; a plurality of complementary spaced-apart vertically extending parallel ribs on the surface of said crosswall facing said backwall; a plurality of parallel spaced-apart slots in said paper currency receiving and storage area positioned in complementary relation to the vertically extending ribs on said backwall and crosswall; at least one paper currency divider partition having end portions sized to be detachably received between opposed adjacent ribs in said backwall and crosswall in generally perpendicular relationship therewith to define a paper currency subsection in said paper currency receiving and storage area selectively sized to accommodate currency of a predetermined size and denomination, said paper currency divider partition having a bottom edge which includes a pair of locking tabs sized to be received in a slot in alignment with the ribs in which the end portions are received, each of said tabs having a locking head biased in a direction opposite to the other tab forming said pair for releasably securing said at least one divider partition in said slot; and a bill weight attachment channel defined in part by the opposite surface of said backwall and a bottom shelf extending rearwardly therefrom, said bottomshelf having a series of channel slots, said opposite surface of said backwall also including a plurality of parallel spaced-apart vertical channel ribs extending rearwardly from the opposite surface of said backwall.