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Combination shopping cart and stock cart

US4601479A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 13, 1984
Grant dateJul 22, 1986
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62B3/1476
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combination shopping cart and stock cart that includes a wheeled chassis providing a carton-carrying platform; a pair of generally vertical upright support posts at the rear of the chassis; an inverted, U-shaped, generally vertical support member the bight of which comprises a horizontal cross support member located forward of the upright support posts; and a generally horizontal side support member on each side of the cart connecting the upright support posts with the outer ends of the bight of the inverted U-shaped support member to provide a side support frame on each side of the cart. A cantilever beam means is pivotally mounted to the two side support frames so as to pivot from a horizontal, operative position to a vertical, out-of-the-way position. In its out-of-the-way position, the cantilever beam means lies substantially entirely outside the vertical space directly above the carton-carrying platform. A lading-carrying basket is secured to the pivoted cantilever beam means to move with that means between its horizontal, operative position and its vertical, out-of-the-way position.

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