Shopping cart having basket with improved front gate
US5385358A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62B3/1484
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A front gate for a shopping cart basket comprises two stanchions, each formed from a wire fixed to the front edge of a side panel of the basket, and a gate panel including horizontal wires defining upper hinge pintles and lower latch pintles. The wires forming the stanchions are bent to define vertical slots having front openings and permitting vertical movement of the gate panel between a lower position and an upper position when the hinge and latch pintles extend into the slots. The openings are disposed to permit the gate panel to swing on the hinge pintles and the latch pintles to exit the slots via the openings when the gate panel is raised from a lower position to an upper position whereupon the gate panel can be then dropped at the hinge pintles so as to open the front gate.
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