	US 11,723,480 B2
	Self-checkout system
Jason W. Johnson, Wayzata, MN (US); Alex K. Poniatowski, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Tyler M. J. Holm, Omaha, NE (US); Ben W. O'Brien, Omaha, NE (US); Chris I. Hellstrom, Papillio, NE (US); Tim F. Gargano, Omaha, NE (US); David A. Gnuse, Omaha, NE (US); Marian H. Locke, Parker, CO (US); Christopher P. Doepke, Spring Branch, TX (US); Matthew D. Purrington, Cottage Grove, MN (US); Robert A. Derk, Frisco, TX (US); Shifath Ikram Khan, Frisco, TX (US); Jorge S. Noyola, Frisco, TX (US); C. Matthew Ramon, Frisco, TX (US); Richard K. Steele, Frisco, TX (US); and Thomas D. Karol, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,556.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038835 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A47F 9/04 (2006.01); A47B 88/944 (2017.01); A47B 88/40 (2017.01)

CPC A47F 9/047 (2013.01) [A47B 88/40 (2017.01); A47B 88/944 (2017.01)]

19 Claims

1. A self-checkout system comprising:

a cabinet supported by a floor and configured to support externally located machines and internally located machines;

a tilt body having a front end coupled to a hinge;

a cartridge including a pair of wheels and configured to support at least one of the internally located machines and configured to be positioned in an unextended configuration and an extended configuration; and

drawer slides coupling the at least one cartridge to the tilt body;

wherein when the cartridge is in the unextended configuration the cartridge is located inside the cabinet and spaced apart from the floor and the tilt body is located completely inside the cabinet and is nested inside the cartridge; and

wherein when the cartridge is in the extended configuration the cartridge is pulled out from the tilt body to a position at least partially outside the cabinet so that the pair of wheels of the cartridge engage with the floor and the tilt body pivots forward about the hinge and remains located completely inside the cabinet.