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US 12,637,127 B1Granted
Nestable shopping cart with dropped bottom center wire
AssigneeThe Ondrasik Family Trust Dated 11/3/1999
InventorV. John Ondrasik, Jr.
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Abstract
A nestable shopping cart with a bottom wire shelf that has a dropped bottom center wire. The dropped bottom center wire permits easy nesting with a second shopping cart such that the potential for damage to the wire rails of both shopping carts is reduced by the dropped bottom center wire on the first shopping cart contacting a shield on a bottom support of a second shopping cart.
Claims18
A nestable shopping cart, comprising:
- a wire frame basket having a front, a back, two sides and a bottom connected together;
- a bottom support extending downwardly below the wire frame basket;
- a bottom wire shelf connected to the bottom support, the bottom wire shelf being positioned below the wire frame basket,
- wherein the bottom wire shelf is rotatable with respect to the bottom support such that a rear portion of the bottom wire shelf can be raised when a bottom support of a second nestable shopping cart is received thereunder when the nestable shopping cart and the second nestable shopping cart are nested together;
- and
- wherein the bottom wire shelf includes a longitudinally extending wire having a portion that projects downwardly below the bottom wire shelf,
- wherein the portion of the longitudinally extending wire that projects downwardly below the bottom wire shelf rubs against the bottom support of the second nestable shopping cart when the nestable shopping cart and the second nestable shopping cart are nested together, and
- wherein remaining wires of the bottom wire shelf do not contact the bottom support of the second nestable shopping cart when the nestable shopping cart and the second nestable shopping cart are nested together.
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A nestable shopping cart, comprising:
- a wire frame basket having a front, a back, two sides and a bottom connected together;
- a bottom support extending downwardly below the wire frame basket;
- a bottom wire shelf connected to the bottom support, the bottom wire shelf being positioned below the wire frame basket,
- wherein the bottom wire shelf is rotatable with respect to the bottom support such that a rear portion of the bottom wire shelf can be raised;
- wherein the bottom wire shelf includes a longitudinally extending wire having a portion that projects downwardly below the bottom wire shelf,
- wherein the portion of the longitudinally extending wire that projects downwardly below the bottom wire shelf rubs against the bottom support of a second nestable shopping cart when the nestable shopping cart and the second nestable shopping cart are nested together, and
- wherein remaining wires of the bottom wire shelf do not contact the bottom support of the second nestable shopping cart when the nestable shopping cart and the second nestable shopping cart are nested together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.