Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130255036 | Rear Basket-to-Frame Locking Clip - A shopping cart basket is attached to the rear portion of a basket frame using a clip that is configured to removably affix to the frame, a pair of joined-together rim wires that are attached to the basket. The joined-together wires are oriented to slide into the clip and downwardly through a slot into a substantially circular opening. Once in the opening, the wires are rotated. The width of the slot is selected such that rotated wires are too wide to pass back through the slot. The clip enables the basket to be assembled to the frame without requiring tools or welding. | 10-03-2013 |
20130256999 | Basket-to-Frame Locking Clip - A shopping cart basket is attached to a frame having wheels using front and rear clips for attaching rim wires of a basket to a basket support member. The clips enable the basket to be assembled to the frame without requiring tools. A front clip is comprised of an upright body that is attached to the basket frame. A sloping surface on the clip urges a rigid wire of a basket sideways as the wire is moved downward. The rigid basket wire is captured into a rim wire receiving notch formed into the body. A rear clip receives two, joined-together wires when the two wires are oriented along their major dimension to fit into a slot that leads into a central figure-eight shaped lock. | 10-03-2013 |
20130305536 | Wire Basket Attachment Spade and Spring Wire Trap - A length of a substantially linear wire is attached to a substantially linear portion of a wire basket rim wire at two spaced-apart locations. The spaced-apart connections allow the two wires to deflect or act as springs when a notched basket-to-frame attachment clip is driven into a hole or loop formed by a detent in one of the wires. A wire basket having the linear spring wire attached to a rim wire can be permanently attached to a frame portion without tools or welding. | 11-21-2013 |
20130307235 | Removable Nest Wire for a Shopping Cart - A wheeled shopping cart with a rotatable rear panel or side is provided with a field-installable, field removable nest wire. Removing the nest wire enables the front portion of the wheeled shopping cart to be more compactly telescoped into the rotatable rear panel of another, similar shopping cart, the nest wire of which is removed. Installing the nest wire post-manufacture and at the location where the cart will be used enables multiple carts to be nested or telescoped into each other, more compactly than would be possible with the nest wire installed. | 11-21-2013 |
20130307239 | Shopping Cart and Method of Assembling Same - A shopping cart comprised of separate basket and frame portions is assembled at the point of use without welding or special tools by a mechanical engagement of basket portion rim wires into clips. The method of assembling the cart includes orienting the basket with its rim wires relative to the frame and its clips such that the rim wires can be placed into a rear clip, rotated to lock the rim wires into the rear clip and rotated further to latch the rim wires to a front clip. | 11-21-2013 |
20140159327 | Shopping Cart - A shopping cart includes a handle with a basket attached to the handle. A frame is attached to the handle and includes opposing sections. Each of the opposing sections of the frame include a first tier portion, a second tier portion and an inclined portion positioned between the first and second tier portions so that a caster lift is formed. A number of casters are attached to the frame. A cross wire is attached to the frame and is adopted to engage a caster lift of a second cart. | 06-12-2014 |
20140353935 | SHOPPING CART - A shopping cart features a frame forming a chassis portion and a handle portion. A number of casters are attached to the chassis portion while a basket attached to the handle portion. A pair of basket supports are positioned on opposite sides of the basket. The pair of basket supports include a pair of base portions connected to the chassis portion, a pair of forward tilting lower portions attached to the base portions, and a pair of rearward tilting upper portions attached to the pair of forward tilting lower portions. | 12-04-2014 |
20150053652 | Shopping Cart Basket and Method of Manufacture - A shopping cart in one embodiment comprises a uniframe, a mat basket, and a slim-fit cart frame and basket combination, as well as in multiple embodiments, providing individual structural differences and advantages over pre-existing forms of shopping carts. | 02-26-2015 |
20150053688 | Shopping Cart Basket and Method of Manufacture - A shopping cart in one embodiment comprises a uniframe, a mat basket, and a slim-fit cart frame and basket combination, as well as in multiple embodiments, providing individual structural differences and advantages over pre-existing forms of shopping carts. | 02-26-2015 |
20150054237 | Shopping Cart Basket and Method of Manufacture - A shopping cart in one embodiment comprises a uniframe, a mat basket, and a slim-fit cart frame and basket combination, as well as in multiple embodiments, providing individual structural differences and advantages over pre-existing forms of shopping carts. | 02-26-2015 |
20150054304 | Shopping Cart Basket and Method of Manufacture - A shopping cart in one embodiment comprises a uniframe, a mat basket, and a slim-fit cart frame and basket combination, as well as in multiple embodiments, providing individual structural differences and advantages over pre-existing forms of shopping carts. | 02-26-2015 |