Mobile battery powered workstation carts for order fulfillment are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a battery powered workstation cart may comprise a wheeled cart having a frame, a rechargeable lithium battery, a computer, a barcode reader/scanner, a RFID reader/scanner, a printer, an artificial intelligence hub, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and/or GPS. The frame may also comprise two side bracket arms and/or shelves, which may be modular to receive various different sized baskets, bins, or totes therein to expedite retail order fulfillment.

A mobile phone holder is mounted to a seat back or a similar support surface of a shopping cart. The holder is a generally S-shaped clip with one bend (a mounting bend) that engages the top edge of a panel of a shopping cart and another bend (a holding bend) that receives an object to be held, such as a phone. A cutout window reveals the microphone of the held phone and/or control or home button. A back of an intermediate panel includes a horizontal flange to maintain the holder at a viewing angle relative to the seat back.

A mobile phone holder is mounted to a seat back or a similar support surface of a shopping cart. The holder is a generally S-shaped clip with one bend (a mounting bend) that engages the top edge of a panel of a shopping cart and another bend (a holding bend) that receives an object to be held, such as a phone. A cutout window reveals the microphone of the held phone and/or control or home button. A back of an intermediate panel includes a horizontal flange to maintain the holder at a viewing angle relative to the seat back.

A retail checkout system includes a mobile point-of-sale (POS) apparatus, one or more fixed POS stations, and a server. The mobile POS apparatus includes a wireless communication interface and a processor configured to perform a registration operation. The registration operation includes controlling the wireless communication interface to transmit a product code and transmit instructions. The server is configured to generate a transaction data record, cause the transaction data record to be transmitted to a fixed POS station upon receiving a checkout instruction, determine, after receiving an end instruction, whether the checkout processing has been completed, and cause the mobile POS apparatus to end the registration operation if checkout processing has been completed.

A vehicular mobile storage cart, for a car having a hitch (21, 22), the cart comprising: a hitch gripping mechanism (30), connectable to the car hitch (21, 22); a lifting mechanism (40), connectable to the hitch gripping mechanism (30); and a wheel cart (10), connectable to the lifting mechanism; wherein the lifting mechanism being adapted to diminish its dimensions in a folded state thereof to allow opening a back door of a vehicle thereof when being folded.

The present invention is a uniquely-engineered stepping stool that elegantly connects to a shopping cart via a double-socket C-clamp. The invention features “kick up legs” with an arched crossbar for a shopper's foot and a double-socket C-clamp comprising square-shaped polyurethane memory foam teeth along its inner apertures to connect to a shopping cart's rear bottom bar. The uniquely engineered C-clamp acts as a hinge, allowing the shopper to rotate the stool around a shopping cart's rear-base bar to easily stowe the stool along the shopping cart's bottom base rack or to stowe the stool against the cart's rear wall. The clamp is also engineered to easily detach from the cart so the stool may be used independently. The stool has channels and torsion springs in its undercarriage so the legs fold up into the stool's housing, forming a single, portable unit.

The present invention is a uniquely-engineered stepping stool that elegantly connects to a shopping cart via a double-socket C-clamp. The invention features “kick up legs” with an arched crossbar for a shopper's foot and a double-socket C-clamp comprising square-shaped polyurethane memory foam teeth along its inner apertures to connect to a shopping cart's rear bottom bar. The uniquely engineered C-clamp acts as a hinge, allowing the shopper to rotate the stool around a shopping cart's rear-base bar to easily stowe the stool along the shopping cart's bottom base rack or to stowe the stool against the cart's rear wall. The clamp is also engineered to easily detach from the cart so the stool may be used independently. The stool has channels and torsion springs in its undercarriage so the legs fold up into the stool's housing, forming a single, portable unit.

Consumer wagons are provided for carrying seated children and/or household cargo. In some embodiments, the wagons have a footwell for children carried in the wagon to place/rest their feet, and the footwell is repositionable between use position lowered relative to the wagon base and a collapsed/storage position closer to the wagon base. And in some embodiments, the wagons have a pull-handle that can be moved between different positions and that is lockable in multiple of the different positions.

A system for transporting, transferring, or storing goods including stackable receiving containers, wherein stacking structures in a region of the container bases and mating structures in an upper edge region of a side wall interact to lockably stack receiving containers one on top of the other. At least one roll transport unit has a set-up surface for a receiving container and roller transport unit which connect to longitudinal ends of an adjustable length locking bar. A retaining structure is provided on a first longitudinal end of the locking bar for connecting to the upper edge of the receiving container. A retaining structure is provided on the second longitudinal end of the locking bar for connecting to a mating structure on the roller transport unit. The locking bar has a releasable fixing mechanism for limiting the locking bar length and setting the length to a selected dimension.

A shelf that is adapted for engaging the cargo basket of a shopping cart, the cargo basket having a frame made of metal wire. The shelf providing a platform having a leading edge of a leading edge length and an aft edge of an aft edge length, the platform having spaced apart sides that extend from the aft edge to the leading edge. Each of the sides of the platform having opposing side hooks, each side hook extending away from a respective side and further extending down and terminating in a side hook tip that lies below aft edge of the platform, so that the shelf is adapted for attaching to the frame of the cargo basket by engaging the forward edge of cargo basket with the end hooks, and engaging the sides of the cargo basket.