US 11,717,948 B2
Electronic shelf label removal tool
Eric Letson, Bentonville, AR (US)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/187,073.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/983,063, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0268633 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B25B 27/14 (2006.01); G09F 3/20 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 27/14 (2013.01) [B25G 1/102 (2013.01); G09F 3/204 (2013.01); G09F 3/208 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a central body;
an expansion member associated with a first end of the central body, the expansion member having a substantially rectangular shape configured to fit between a set of parallel rails that form a shelf channel for securing an electronic shelf label (ESL) and expand a distance between the set of parallel rails to facilitate removal of the ESL from the shelf channel;
a wedge member disposed along a length of the expansion member, the wedge member comprising a tapering edge opposite a side of the wedge member disposed along the length of the expansion member and configured to fit between a portion of the ESL seated within the shelf channel bounded by the set of parallel rails associated with an edge of the shelf and a lip of a rail in the set of parallel rails;
and
a gripping member associated with a second end of the central body.