Wal-Mart Patents Granted

Patents granted to Wal-Mart by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for improved register checkout
    Patent number: 6491218
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for more efficient checkout are described. A triangular carousel having a relatively small footprint is employed proximate a bar code scanner and point of sale (POS) terminal so that a checker can efficiently load scanned items into bags, and a customer on the other side of the checkout counter and proximate the bar code scanner can also efficiently load filled bags into his or her shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventor: Dung Nguyen
  • Convertible shoe box and display platform
    Patent number: 6305533
    Abstract: A convertible shoe box and display platform has assembled and disassembled configurations for storing and displaying a pair of shoes. Such box assembly includes a first, container portion, a second, lid portion adapted to cover the container portion, and thereby enclose the pair of shoes within the assembled box, and tabs for positioning the disassembled box as a display platform with the pair of shoes remaining in the container portion. In such a manner, the pair of shoes is effectively displayed for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Welty, Joe Trybulec, Mark Hill, Dana Daniels
  • Convertible shoe box and display platform
    Patent number: D429085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Welty, Joe Trybulec, Mark Hill, Dana Daniels