Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9908760
SERIAL NO

15061474

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Some embodiments include a motorized transport unit providing customer assistance at a shopping facility, comprises: a transceiver; a control circuit; a motorized wheel system; a lift system; and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: activate a motorized wheel system, while continuing to monitor location information, to position the motorized transport unit under the item container and aligned, based on the location information, relative to a frame of the item container; and activate the lift system to lift on the frame of the item container lifting a first portion of the item container such one or more wheels of the item container are lifted off of a floor while two or more other wheels of the item container remain in contact with the floor.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • WAL-MART STORES, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atchley, Michael D Springdale, US 136 2545
High, Donald R Noel, US 367 4818
Winkle, David C Bella Vista, US 152 2458

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