IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0188231
(2002-07-02)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
14 |
초록
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The present invention is a shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, it includes a bottom frame with a plurality of wheels connected thereto, a vertical support connected to the bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket. The basket has a rigi
The present invention is a shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, it includes a bottom frame with a plurality of wheels connected thereto, a vertical support connected to the bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket. The basket has a rigid bottom, an open top, a front, and a back, and two side walls. Each of the side walls includes at least one top member connected to the front and the back. The side walls, front and back, each establish corners where they connect to one another, and these corners include at least one substantially vertical rigid member. The side walls each include a flexible, elastically expandable member connected to the top member and elsewhere to the basket. The flexible, elastically expandable member may be open mesh or sheet, and may be a partial panel. Optionally the flexible, elastically expandable material may be included in the front of the cart.
대표청구항
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1. A shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, which comprises:a.) a bottom frame;b.) a plurality of wheels connected to and located below said bottom frame;c.) a vertical support connected to said bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket;d.
1. A shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, which comprises:a.) a bottom frame;b.) a plurality of wheels connected to and located below said bottom frame;c.) a vertical support connected to said bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket;d.) said basket located above said vertical support and connected thereto, said basket having a bottom, an open top, a front and a back, and two side walls, each of said side walls including at least one top member connected to said front and said back, said at least one top member of each of said side walls selected from the group consisting of rigid top members and flexible top members, said front and said back each establishing corners with said sidewalls, wherein each of said corners include at least one substantially vertical rigid member, and further including a flexible, elastically expandable member being a sheet of elastomeric material and being connected to said at least one substantially vertical member and at least one of said at least one top member, said front or said back of said basket. 2. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein said flexible, elastically expandable member is connected to said front, said back, and said bottom of said basket. 3. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein said at least one top member of each of said side walls is a rigid top member. 4. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein each said front and said back includes a substantially horizontal rigid member connected to two of said substantially vertical rigid members. 5. The shopping cart of claim 4 wherein said back includes a gate suspended from a back rigid top member, said gate adapted to swing inwardly toward said front. 6. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein said flexible, elastically expandable member is a flexible open mesh. 7. The shopping cart of claim 2 wherein said flexible, elastically expandable member is a flexible, elastically expandable open mesh. 8. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein said top member of each of said walls is a rigid top member and each of said front and said back includes a substantially horizontal rigid member connected to said top member of each of said walls. 9. A shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, which comprises:a.) a bottom frame;b.) a plurality of wheels connected to and located below said bottom frame;c.) a vertical support connected to said bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket;d.) said basket located above said vertical support and connected thereto, said basket having a rigid bottom, an open top, a front and a back, and two walls, each of said side walls including at least one top member connected to said front and said back, said at least one top member of each of said side walls selected from the group consisting of rigid top members and flexible top members, said front and said back each establishing corners with said sidewalls, wherein each of said corners include at least one substantially vertical rigid member, and further including a flexible, elastically expandable member that is a sheet of elastomeric material that is connected to said at least one substantially vertical rigid member and at least one of said at least one top member, and said back of said basket, and said front of said basket also having a flexible, elastically expandable member that is a sheet of elastomeric material. 10. The shopping cart of claim 9 wherein said flexible, elastically expandable member of each of said side walls is connected to said front, said back, and said bottom of said basket. 11. The shopping cart of claim 9 wherein said at least one top member of each of said side walls is a rigid top member. 12. The shopping cart of claim 9 wherein each of said front and said back includes a substantially horizontal rigid member connected to two of said substantially vertical rigid members. 13. The shopping cart of claim 12 wherein each of said back inc ludes a gate suspended from a back rigid top member, said gate adapted to swing inwardly toward said front. 14. The shopping cart of claim 9 wherein said flexible, elastically expandable member is a flexible, elastically expandable open mesh. 15. The shopping cart of claim 10 wherein said flexible, elastically expandable member is a flexible, elastically expandable open mesh. 16. The shopping cart of claim 9 wherein said top member of each of said walls is a rigid top member and each of said front and said back includes a substantially horizontal rigid member connected to said top member of each of said walls.
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