ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,051, issued on May 13, was assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Conveyor safety shield for point-of-sale system" was invented by Kevin Hunter Vorhees (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A point-of-sale system is provided including a conveyor that moves an item downstream and/or upstream, a shelf positioned above the conveyor, a defined zone below the shelf and a shield positioned between the conveyor and the shelf. The shield deters the item from moving to the defined zone when the conveyor is moving the item upstream. A method of conveying an item and methods of retrofitting a point-of-sale s...