US 11,952,162 B2
Label dispenser for product-transporting carts at retail facilities
Scott L. Lopez, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,636.
Application 18/201,636 is a continuation of application No. 17/336,010, filed on Jun. 1, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,096, filed on Jun. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294867 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65C 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 16/00 (2006.01); B65H 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 11/00 (2013.01) [B65H 16/005 (2013.01); B65H 41/00 (2013.01); B65C 2210/0078 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for dispensing labels from at least one label roll, the system comprising:
a support bar; and
a label dispenser mounted on the support bar and configured to facilitate a user to dispense the labels from the at least one label roll, the at least one label roll including a backing substrate and peelable labels detachably attached to the backing substrate, the label dispenser comprising:
a label roll support arm configured to support at least one label roll thereon, the label roll support arm including:
a hollow interior configured to permit a horizontal portion of the support bar to pass therethrough; and
a notch configured to permit an inclined distal portion of the support bar to pass therethrough; and
a label guide arm including an edge configured to facilitate separation of a leading peelable label of the at least one label roll from an outward-facing surface of the backing substrate at a leading portion of the backing substrate of the at least one label roll in response to a force applied by the user to the leading portion of the backing substrate of the at least one label roll to pull the leading portion of the backing substrate of the at least one label roll through the at least one opening of the label guide arm; and
a side wall interconnecting the label roll support arm and the label guide arm, the side wall including a gap that permits a vertical portion of the support bar to pass therethrough.