An automated checkout system uses a shopping cart that is automatically charged when stacked into another shopping cart. Each shopping cart has a front charging connector and a rear charging connector. When a first shopping cart is stacked into a second shopping cart, the front charging connector of the first shopping cart connects with the rear charging connector of the second shopping cart. Electrical power can flow to the first shopping cart via the second shopping cart to charge a battery of the first shopping cart. The second shopping cart may be similarly stacked into a third shopping cart, wherein the second shopping cart receives electrical power from the third shopping cart. The second shopping cart may use this electrical power to charge its own battery or may provide some or all of the electrical power to the first shopping cart to charge the first shopping cart's battery.
STACKABLE CHARGING DEVICE FOR SHOPPING CARTS WITH ONBOARD COMPUTING SYSTEMS
STAPELBARE LADEVORRICHTUNG FÜR EINKAUFSWAGEN MIT BORDRECHNERSYSTEMEN
DISPOSITIF DE CHARGE EMPILABLE POUR CHARIOTS DE SUPERMARCHÉ AVEC SYSTÈMES INFORMATIQUES EMBARQUÉS
26.03.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung / B62B Von Hand bewegte Fahrzeuge, z.B. Handkarren oder Kinderwagen , HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS |
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