Patent ID: 9138080
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A checkout stand assembly, the checkout stand assembly comprising: (a) a circular turret rotatable about a central axis, (b) a stop on a semicircular arc concentric with the central axis, (c) a cabinet surface at least partially surrounding a perimeter of the circular turret, (d) a damping cylinder including a piston rod, the piston rod having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is pivotally attached to a location outside the perimeter of the circular turret, the second end is pivotally attached to a location on the circular turret offset from the central axis, such that when the circular rotatable turret rotates from a first position abutting the stop to a second position abutting another stop, the cylinder provides pneumatic assistance during about a half of the arc and hydraulic dampening during about half of the arc, and whereby the damping cylinder causes rotation of the turret to slow as the turret approaches the second position or the first position.