Multilevel supermarket layout

Claim 1

A store arrangement particularly of a supermarket, comprising: a plurality of seat-carriages, each one comprising a base provided with rolling means, a chassis resting on the base and a pivoting seat resting on said chassis, said seat-carriage being adapted to accommodate at least one customer sitting down; a plurality of basket-carriages each one consisting of a basket provided with rolling means, locking means adapted to removably connect the basket-carriages to the seat-carriages; guide means in the form of rails located inside the store, adapted to guide the path of the seat-carriages; a plurality of links for connecting the seat-carriages together, in the form of a continuous chain; mechanical means adapted to move regularly said chain along the guide means; shelves for displaying the products offered for sale disposed along said guide means, said shelves being constituted of two superposed planes parallel to the guide means, the shelves being disposed in such a manner with respect to said guide means, that the seat-carriages circulating on said guide means are at a distance from the shelves enabling the products on the shelveS to be taken by the customer on the seat-carriage; detection means associated with each of said shelves sensitive to the removal of a product displayed on said shelf and suitable for emitting a corresponding signal; at least one central computer for receiving and memorising the signals emitted by the detection means on each shelf; at least one means for measuring and checking the displacement of the chain formed by the successive linked seat-carriages, for sending signals corresponding to the instantaneous positioning of the chain of the seat-carriages within the circuit formed by the guide means; transmitting means for transmitting the signals emitted by the checking means of the chain of carriages and by the detection means on the shelves to said central computer.