Checkout station

- Walmart Apollo, LLC
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a checkout station according to our new design;

FIG. 2 is bottom rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings show portions of the checkout station that form no part of the claim. The dash-dot lines in FIGS. 2 and 4 show the claim boundary and form no part of the claim.

Claims

The ornamental design for a checkout station, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1051647
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 14, 2022
Date of Patent: Nov 19, 2024
Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Inventors: Darrell Whitelaw (Pacific Palisades, CA), Wei-Meng Chee (Los Gatos, CA), John C. Crecelius (Springdale, AR), Andrew J. Grignon (Half Moon Bay, CA), Kristine L. Pachuta (Brooklyn, NY), Stephen S. Hadinger (San Francisco, CA), Michael C. Cervantes (San Francisco, CA), Jae Y. Lew (Mill Valley, CA), Brittany N. Leek (Waterford, MI), William James Yergin (San Jose, CA)
Primary Examiner: Jae Liang
Assistant Examiner: Bryan C Gusman
Application Number: 29/826,607
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/699