Shopping cart base

US7416194B2 · 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: Aug 26, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shopping cart includes a base, a pair of masts, and a basket. The base extends generally horizontally between a front portion and a rear portion of the cart and including a plurality of wheels. The pair of masts extends generally vertically upward from the base in a generally singular plane extending laterally across the rear portion of the cart. Each mast includes a rear portion facing the rear portion of the cart and defining a generally straight surface, and a front portion facing in a direction generally opposite the rear portion of the respective mast and defining a generally concave curved portion. The basket includes a front portion and a rear portion with the rear portion of the basket connected to the base via the pair of masts to support the front portion of the basket in a vertically spaced relationship over the base adjacent the front portion of the cart.