B62B 3/1404
Means for facilitating stowing or transporting of the trolleys
Official title: {Means for facilitating stowing or transporting of the trolleys; Antitheft arrangements (B62B5/0423 takes precedence)}
B62B3/1404 (Means for facilitating stowing or transporting of the trolleys) appears on 196 US grants and 214 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B62B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems, devices and methods for determining item availability in a shopping space11 Aug 2026US 12,703,614 B2Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Shopping cart5 May 2026US 12,617,445 B2Enax, Inc.
- Trolley retainer5 May 2026US 12,617,533 B2B/E Aerospace (UK) Limited
- Base for a medical cart10 Mar 2026US 12,570,343 B2Sunset IP Pty Ltd
- Stackable charging device for shopping carts with onboard computing systems27 Jan 2026US 12,534,119 B2Maplebear Inc.
- Stackable charging device for shopping carts with onboard computing systems21 May 2026US 2026/0138660 A1Maplebear Inc.
- Shopping cart system5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035026 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Shopping cart system5 Feb 2026US 2026/0039130 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Wheel stop device and method of use13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346214 A1
- Trolley chassis system17 Jul 2025US 2025/0229818 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cart retriever vehicle159US 5,934,694 ADane Industries, Inc. · 1999
- Navigation systems and methods for wheeled objects144US 8,046,160 B2Gatekeeper Systems, Inc. · 2011
- Shopping cart retrieval system107US 4,868,544 A1989
- Two-way communication system for tracking locations and statuses of wheeled vehicles80US 8,463,540 B2Gatekeeper Systems, Inc. · 2013
- Cart theft prevention system79US 4,242,668 A1980