AUXILIARY PAYMENT STATION IN THE FORM OF A SHOPPING TROLLEY

Abstract

An auxiliary payment station in the form of a shopping trolley with a scale (2) fixed to its bottom, including elements (10, 11, 12, 13) of electronic equipment located in a casing (9) mounted in the container, and visual elements (4, 8) of the electronic equipment fixed to a handle (6) of the container. A loading inner container (1) is located in an outer container (3), and a mounting plate (15) of a carrying frame (14) is fixed to a bottom of the scale (2), and an edge mounting plate (16) of the carrying frame (14) is fixed to a bottom of the outer container (3) at its edge. The mounting plate (15) of the carrying frame (14) is fixed on a bar (18) of the carrying frame (14) extending through an opening (19) in the bottom of the outer container (3).

Claims

1. A mobile auxiliary payment station comprising: a frame having a handle defined thereon; at least one wheel coupled to a lower portion of the frame and configured to roll along a surface to permit movement of the payment station along the surface; a loading container fixed on an upper portion of the frame and configured to contain items to be purchased; an outer container surrounding at least a portion of the loading container and coupled to the frame; a weight scale fixed to a bottom of said loading container to thereby sense a weight of items in the loading container; an electronic product identification device coupled to the frame; an electronic display coupled to the handle; and a computer processing device communicatively coupled to the scale, the electronic product identification device and the electronic display.

2. The mobile auxiliary payment station of claim 1, wherein the weight scale is disposed within the outer container.

3. The mobile auxiliary payment station of claim 2, further comprising a wireless communication device operative to couple the computer processing device external computer processing devices.

4. The mobile auxiliary payment station of claim 3, further comprising a power source for providing power to the computer processing device, the weight scale, the electronic product identification device, the electronic display and the wireless communication device.

5. The mobile auxiliary payment station of claim 1, wherein the electronic product identification device comprises at least one of a bar code reader and an RFID identifier.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0007] The object of the invention is illustrated by an example of embodiment in a drawing wherein:

[0008] FIG. 1 shows an auxiliary payment station in a perspective view without considering a carrying frame, and

[0009] FIG. 2the auxiliary payment station in side view including the carrying frame.

EXAMPLES

Description of an Embodiment

[0010] As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the auxiliary payment station includes a loading inner container 1 located inside an outer container 3. A scale 2 in the form of a platform is fixed by welding to an outer bottom surface of the loading inner container. A mounting plate 15 of a carrying frame 14 is welded to a bottom surface of the scale 2. The mounting plate 15 is fixed on a bar 18 of the carrying frame 14, which extends through an opening 19 in a bottom of the outer container 3. The carrying frame 14 is provided on its edge with an edge mounting plate 16 that is welded to the bottom of the outer container 3 at its edge. The carrying frame 14 has wheels mounted at the bottom. In a front wheel, a wheel rotation speed monitoring system 17 is arranged, consisting of an inductive sensor and a toothed ring.

[0011] A plate 5 and an auxiliary touchscreen 8 are fixed between a handle 6 of the outer container and an upper edge 7 thereof. A barcode reader 4 is located on the plate 5. In the front part of the outer container 3 there is a casing 9 fixed. Inside it, there are an auxiliary control computer 10, an auxiliary wireless connection module 11, an electric battery 12 and an RFID identifier 13. Inside the casing 9 there are cap-protected openings with leads for electric battery 12 terminals. This provides for charging thereof from a 230 V electrical grid using a suitable rectifier.

[0012] Both containers 1, 3 are mounted on the carrying frame 14 independently of each other and they don't contact each other directly at any point of the structure. Such structure protects the scale 2 from such factors as impacts that may cause damage thereto and decalibration thereof, as the outer container 3 fulfills, among others, a protective role for the loading inner container 1.

LIST OF DESIGNATIONS

[0013] 1. Loading inner container [0014] 2. Scale [0015] 3. Outer container [0016] 4. Barcode reader [0017] 5. Plate [0018] 6. Handle of the outer container [0019] 7. Upper edge of the outer container [0020] 8. Auxiliary touchscreen [0021] 9. Casing [0022] 10. Auxiliary control computer [0023] 11. Auxiliary wireless connection module [0024] 12. Electric battery [0025] 13. RFID identifier [0026] 14. Carrying frame [0027] Mounting plate [0028] 16. Edge mounting plate [0029] 17. Wheel rotation speed monitoring system [0030] 18 Bar [0031] 19 Opening