A shopping trolley 100 including a weighing scale 50 between the base 60 and basket 20 of the shopping cart 100, the scale 50 being releasably coupled to the base 60 and the basket 20 mechanically without requiring welding, the scale 50 having a lower frame 52 coupled to the base 60, an upper frame 57 coupled to the basket 20, and a load cell 55 having a flexure beam 53 and a strain gauge 54 between the lower 52 and upper frames 57 for detecting the load in the basket 20. The detected weight may be transmitted, recorded, or displayed on a screen by electronic circuitry controller 40. The weight of the basket 20 may be disregarded and subtracted from the total weight measured. The shopping cart may include a handle (28, fig 11) attached only to the base 60 to bypass the scale 50. The scale 50 may be retrofitted to an existing trolley.
Weighing kit for shopping cart
2023-12-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Intelligent shopping cart and weighing system and weighing method thereof
European Patent Office | 2023
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