Abstract: A method of operating a self-service checkout terminal includes the step of generating an item-entered control signal when an item code associated with a item for purchase is entered into the self-service checkout terminal by a user. The method also includes the step of entering a record corresponding to the item for purchase in a transaction table in response to generation of the item-entered control signal. The method yet further includes the step of determining an identification code associated with an RF label imbedded in a user identification device of the user and generating a label-detected control signal in response thereto. In addition, the method includes the step of retrieving payment information included in a user profile associated with the user in response to generation of the label-detected control signal.

Abstract: A modular bicycle rack system is useful with a vehicle that has a pair of rooftop transverse load bars that are spaced along the length of the vehicle. The rack system includes a base that is connected with the transverse load bars, and which may be one or more rail members, a slide connected in sliding engagement with the base to slide between a forward and a rearward position, a frame that is pivotally connected with the slide to pivot between an upper and a lower position, and which may be a channel member, and a clamp that connects between the base and the frame. A hanger releasably locks onto the frame to hang a bicycle on the frame when the frame is in the lower position. Alternatively, a cargo box may be coupled with the frame for convenient access to the cargo box.