A shopping aid adapted to be secured to the side of a shopping cart comprises rear and outer panels joined to one another to define a plurality of pockets for receiving goods. Straps fitted with D-rings, hooks, side-squeeze fasteners or the like secure the shopping aid to the shopping cart. The rear panel may have a stiffening member sewn into its upper edge; this may comprise a length of woven webbing, and may be integral with the straps. The upper edge of the outer panel may comprise an elastic member.

A grocery storage system includes two or more bags having retractable members whose faces comprise connecting means such as Velcro material allowing the bags to connect to one another. The bags can be placed inside a shopping trolley in an accordion fashion facilitating separation of different grocery items and convenience of portability. The retractable members facilitate use of the storage system in shopping trolleys of different sizes. The bags include different type pockets which can be used for different items, such as bottles, fragile items such as eggs, and personal items such as the shopper's wallet or smartphone. Grips which may include Velcro patch coupled with two distal bags are used to secure the storage system within the shopping trolley. Bags can be made from fabric having lower sections made from fish-net or transparent material. One of the bags maybe, selectively, made from heat-insulating material facilitating control of temperature of grocery items.

An interactive shopping system, or smart cart. The system allows a user to select items in a store and complete a purchase without having to wait in lines or interact with store personnel. The system can have a container for holding products selected by at least one user, a user interface, a scanner in communication with the user interface, a processor in communication with the user interface, and a data storage comprising computer instructions executable by the processor. A user can select products, place them within the container, scan the products, and initiate a payment transaction to complete a purchase.

A bag for storing tennis balls has an hermetic enclosure formed of flexible material, an opening larger than a tennis ball into the enclosure, the opening having a hermetic sealing zipper by which the opening may be opened and closed, and a flexible tubing from outside the enclosure through the flexible material, the flexible tubing having an open end adapted to engage an air pump, and a one-way valve adapted to admit air into the enclosure and to prevent air from exiting the enclosure through the tubing. Tennis balls placed into the bag are placed under pressure higher than the pressure inside a tennis ball by closing the opening by closing the hermetic sealing zipper, engaging an air pump to the open end of the flexible tubing, and operating the air pump until a predetermined pressure is established in the bag.

Weber Process invention relates to checkout registers. To be more specific, this invention pertains process of shopping and purchasing goods in wholesale, retail, and all other places of business that include placing items in a shopping cart, in a basket, or on any mechanism for transferring merchandise, such as a cart at a home improvement store for purchase. It utilizes technology of anti-theft devices such as a scanner system in opposite way. The Weber Process records pre-installed programmable data on pre-installed microchip/scanner communication device/receiver chip installed on packaging of merchandise/trade item, registers it, and totals amount for sale to customer. The Weber grid system is permanently mounted on shopping carts to allow for shopping bags to be clipped to it, for shopping bags to be clipped so they remain in an open position.

A shopping bag includes a main bag body, two fixing bar members, and at least one hanger member. The main bag body includes two opposite fixing segments and two opposite connecting segments interconnected between the two fixing segments. The two fixing bar members are attached respectively to the two fixing segments. The at least one hanger member includes a housing formed with a fixing groove that is secured with one of the fixing bar members and a respective one of the fixing segments of the main bag body, and first and second retaining grooves. One of the first and second retaining grooves is adapted to be engaged detachably with a longitudinal frame member of a shopping cart.

An interactive shopping system, or smart cart. The system allows a user to select items in a store and complete a purchase without having to wait in lines or interact with store personnel. The system can have a container for holding products selected by at least one user, a user interface, a scanner in communication with the user interface, a processor in communication with the user interface, and a data storage comprising computer instructions executable by the processor. A user can select products, place them within the container, scan the products, and initiate a payment transaction to complete a purchase.

This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify items that the user places in their cart, and update a virtual shopping cart to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include four capture assemblies that are disposed proximate to each of the four corners of a basket of the cart, and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The capture assemblies may include proximity sensors that are used to detect movement above the top of the basket, LEDs that illuminate items, and cameras that generate image data representing the items as they are placed in, or removed from, the cart.

This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify items that the user places in their cart, and update a virtual shopping cart to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include four capture assemblies that are disposed proximate to each of the four corners of a basket of the cart, and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The capture assemblies may include proximity sensors that are used to detect movement above the top of the basket, LEDs that illuminate items, and cameras that generate image data representing the items as they are placed in, or removed from, the cart.

A cart extender for use with a conventional shopping cart. The cart extender is formed from a six inch base member having an angle sleeve attached to the distal end and an open end along a proximal end defining a chamber therebetween. The base is releasably secured to a conventional shopping cart using a hook member that rests on a lower rail of the shopping cart and a clasp member that secures to an upper rail. A telescopic ring member is secured to the base member in a retracted position and extendable outwardly therefrom to provide support to long items placed in the receptacle. The cart extender allows for the safe movement of long items such as rebar, corner bead, and the like within a shopping store.