US Patent Issued to Toshiba Tec on July 8 for "Self-checkout device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,449, issued on July 8, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Self-checkout device" was invented by Atsushi Miyashima (Izunokuni Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-checkout device of an embodiment includes a bagging stand, a pair of pillars, a beam, a user interface terminal, and one or more brackets. The bagging stand includes a table and a scale that weighs a load placed on the table. The pair of pillars is installed on the bagging stand with a longitudinal direction thereof oriented vertically, and at least one outer surface of the pair of pillars is configured with a split exterior member that is splittable ...