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US 2013/0240472 A1Published application
Retail cart
AssigneeEffizient, LLC
InventorsLudwig Klaus Preidt, Karl Ronald Chapel, Thomas A. Nakfoor
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Abstract
A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.
Claims19
A polymeric retail cart for use in transporting merchandise, comprising:
- a base unit having an upper side and an underside;
- front and rear sets of casters coupled to the underside of the base unit;
- an intermediate set of casters coupled to the underside of the base unit and disposed between the front and rear sets of casters, wherein intermediate casters are offset relative to the front and rear casters, such that the intermediate casters extend outwardly from the base unit further than the front and rear casters to provide a pivoting axis for the retail cart;
- first and second side attachment members operably coupled to and extending from the upper side of the base unit in a generally upright, parallel, laterally spaced-apart relationship, wherein each side attachment member includes an outer frame member comprising an upper crossbar, a lower crossbar and laterally spaced front and rear uprights;
- a plurality of support members disposed between the front and rear uprights of each side attachment member;
- one or more engagement members disposed on an interior side of the support members;
- a plurality of shelving units slideably and removably supported on associated support members of each side attachment member, wherein the shelving units further comprise abutment portions adapted to engage the one or more engagement members disposed on the interior sides of the associated support members, thereby retaining the shelving unit within the retail cart;
- wherein the shelving units are adapted to laterally slide along the associated support members of each side attachment member to extend beyond the front and rear uprights of the side attachment members in first and second extended positions;
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- wherein the support members are flexibly resilient and adapted to deform outwardly to allow for a shelving unit to be received in the retail cart between associated support members.
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A polymeric retail cart for use in transporting merchandise, comprising:
- a generally rectangular base unit having opposing front and rear walls connected to opposing first and second sidewalls, the base unit further comprising an upper side and an underside, the underside having a plurality of caster receiving members disposed thereon;
- a caster bracket coupled to the underside of the base unit, the caster bracket having a plurality of attachment apertures adapted to align with the caster receiving members disposed on the underside of the base unit, and further including one or more spacer members;
- front and rear sets of swivel casters coupled to the caster bracket approximate the front and rear walls respectively;
- a set of fixed casters coupled to the one or more spacer members disposed on the caster bracket, the set of fixed casters disposed intermediate to the front and rear sets of swivel casters, wherein fixed casters are offset relative to the front and rear sets of swivel casters by the one or more spacer members, such that the fixed casters extend outwardly from the base unit further than the front and rear sets of swivel casters to provide a pivoting axis for the retail cart to pivot in a 360° manner central to the retail cart;
- first and second side attachment members operably coupled to the upper side of the base unit in a generally upright, parallel, laterally spaced-apart relationship, wherein each side attachment member includes an outer frame member comprising a plurality of support members disposed between laterally spaced uprights of each side attachment member;
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- a plurality of removable shelving units slideably received on the support members, wherein the shelving units are adapted to slide along associated support members of each side attachment member to extend beyond front and rear uprights of the side attachment members in first and second extended positions.
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A removable separator assembly for a wire shelving unit, the separator assembly comprising:
- a body portion;
- a base portion extending downwardly from the body portion;
- opposing and outwardly opening channels disposed on the base unit, the channels adapted to couple to adjacent wire members of the wire shelving unit in assembly;
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- wherein the separator assembly is adapted to slide along a length of the adjacent wire members when coupled thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.