IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0055816
(2002-01-22)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
8 인용 특허 :
16 |
초록
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A multi-level personal utility cart includes a handle having an upper portion, opposing side portions and a lower portion, a first basket assembly including panels at the front, sides, and bottom thereof, the first basket assembly being supported by the handle, a second basket assembly including pan
A multi-level personal utility cart includes a handle having an upper portion, opposing side portions and a lower portion, a first basket assembly including panels at the front, sides, and bottom thereof, the first basket assembly being supported by the handle, a second basket assembly including panels at the front, sides, and bottom thereof, the second basket assembly being supported by the handle, the first basket assembly being positioned atop the second basket assembly, and the first and second basket assemblies being pivotally supported to the handle, so that the first and second basket assemblies are collapsible into a compact and substantially planar structure.
대표청구항
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1. A multi-level personal utility cart, comprising:a frame including a handle having a rearwardly positioned upper portion, side portions, and a forwardly extending lower portion, a first basket assembly having a portion pivotably secured to said frame, a second basket assembly disposed atop the fir
1. A multi-level personal utility cart, comprising:a frame including a handle having a rearwardly positioned upper portion, side portions, and a forwardly extending lower portion, a first basket assembly having a portion pivotably secured to said frame, a second basket assembly disposed atop the first basket assembly and pivotably secured to said frame, said first and second basket assemblies being simultaneously pivotable on said frame toward said handle upper portion so that said first and second basket assemblies can be collapsed against a portion of said frame into a compact and substantially planar structure, and access to said first basket assembly, when both baskets are opened, being obtained only by collapse of said second basket assembly. 2. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 1, and further including wheels supported on said lower handle portion.3. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 2, wherein said wheels are swivel wheels and are spaced apart from one another.4. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 2, wherein said frame further includes a vertical support member depending from said handle portion, and a second set of wheels supported on said support members.5. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 1, wherein said first basket assembly is supported on said lower portion of said handle.6. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 1, wherein said first and second basket assemblies each includes panels at the front, sides, and bottom thereof, said second basket assembly further being supported by said first basket assembly.7. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 6, wherein said handle includes U-shaped segments at the upper and lower portions thereof, said U-shaped segments connecting opposing sides of said handle.8. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 6, wherein said front side and bottom panels of upper and lower basket assemblies are substantially planar elements.9. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 8, wherein said substantially planar elements are comprised of wires in a grillwork configuration.10. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 6, wherein said frame includes tag holders on the front panel of first and second basket assemblies for supporting indicia-bearing tags.11. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 1, wherein said frame includes a grillwork backbone and vertically extending, parallel support members, said backbone extending laterally between said support members and forming the rear panel for each of said upper and lower basket assemblies.12. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 6, wherein said frame includes slide members slidably supported on said side portions of said handle, said slide members supporting therebetween a grillwork backbone panel which forms the back panel of the first and second basket assemblies when the cart is fully open.13. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 12, wherein each of said side portions of said handle include a locking protruberance, and each of the slide members include a lock adapted to engage the locking protuberance to hold a respective slide member in a secure, fixed, location on the side portion of the handle on which the slide member is supported.14. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 1, wherein said frame includes dip elements carried by first basket assembly for securing second basket assembly to the first basket assembly, said clip elements being releasably secured to the front of at least the second basket assembly.15. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 1, wherein said frame includes parallel hook members on a portion thereof for suspending the cart, when the cart is collapsed.16. The multi-level personal utility cart of claim 1, wherein said first and second basket assemblies are comprised of wire grillwork.
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