Patent ID: 7967112

Claim:
A checkstand for a store where shoppers pay for their purchases, comprising: a front transport having a front end and a rear end joined by two sides and a bottom support for resting on the floor, said front transport having two conveyor assemblies resting on the bottom support, each conveyor assembly having a conveyor belt upon which a shopper in a store places items to be purchased at the front end of the front transport for transport to the rear end of the front transport, each conveyor assembly having a motor and rollers for moving the belt from the front to the rear of the front transport, the front transport further having a switching means configured to allow an operator to designate one of the conveyor assemblies as an active belt and a second of the conveyor assemblies as a queue belt, the active belt adaptable to receive items associated with a first shopper and the queue belt adaptable to receive items associated with a second shopper; a scanning module located adjacent to the rear end of the front transport having a scanner for scanning items taken off either of the conveyor belts on the front transport, said scanner module can be manually slid between the sides of the front transport from alignment with one conveyor belt to alignment with the other conveyor belt, and having an engagement lock to hold the scanning module in alignment with one or the other conveyor belt; and a rear module located adjacent to the scanning module to which items scanned are moved for pick-up by a shopper, said scanning module being non-rotatable and slidably attached to said front transport or said rear module such that the edge of said scanning module cannot extend beyond the outer lateral edge of either of the front transport conveyor assemblies.