Shopping cart basket

US7398976B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TARGET BRANDS, INC. · US

Inventors

• William D. Splain · Brooklyn Park, US
• Robert D. Peota · Minneapolis, US
• Alexandre Hennen · Cambridge, US
• Allan Cameron · Natick, US
• Mark T. Ryan · Haskell, US
• David L. Pruitt, Jr. · Jonesboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 19, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62B2501/065
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A basket for a shopping cart comprising a single unitary member molded from a plastic material. The basket includes a frame including a plurality of generally vertical upright frame members spaced apart from each other, with each frame member including a generally smooth outer surface without holes. A front panel extends generally vertically and laterally across the front portion of the single unitary member between two of the generally vertical upright frame members. A pair of side panels extends generally vertically, being generally parallel to each other and spaced from each other. Each side panel extends from a front portion to a rear portion of the basket between two of the generally vertical upright frame members. The front panel and each side panel comprise a generally flat portion defining a plurality of holes and have a substantially uniform thickness at least about two times less than a thickness of the generally vertical upright frame members.