Shopping cart self actuation brake with cart nesting brake release
OwnerRaymond M. Scottinventor
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Abstract
A braking system is provided for a wire frame shopping cart having an actuation handle that communicates a braking force via a cable to the rear wheels such that an unobstructed nesting access area is maintained. In this manner, such carts can be “nested” in a conventional fashion. Further, when “nested”, the braking mechanism is released upon nesting.
Claims4
In a shopping cart having a basket having a front opposite a rear and forming an upper opening circumscribed by an upper peripheral rim, a handle supported at the rear, and said cart rolled and supported on a pair of laterally rotatable, front castor wheels opposite a pair of non-pivoting rear wheels, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a spring urged brake mechanism selectively impinge against the rear wheels in order to provide a braking force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.