Brake Mechanism for Grocery and other User-Propelled Carts
OwnerJonathan Degnaninventor
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Abstract
An brake mechanism adapted to be secured to the rear wheels of a user-propelled cart, such as a grocery cart, includes a chock member for chocking wheel when brake mechanism is in the deployed, or braking position. Brake mechanism further includes a chock support member for rotatably securing the chock member to the wheel attachment members. In this regard, the chock support member rotatably secures chock member to wheel attachment member such that chock member can be selectively rotated, by a user of the cart, from an upward, or non-braking, position to a deployed, or braking position.
Claims19
In a wheel assembly for a user-propelled cart, said wheel assembly including at least a wheel attachment member and a wheel member, a brake mechanism for selectively preventing rolling of the user-propelled cart, said brake mechanism comprising:
- a chock member mounted proximate the wheel member, and
- at least one chock support member for rotatably securing said chock member to the wheel attachment member, such that said chock member can be selectively, and rotatably, moved from an upward non-braking position to a deployed braking position, wherein in said deployed braking position, said chock member tangentially engages the wheel, whereby rotation of the wheel is impeded.
A brake mechanism adapted to be installed onto a wheel portion of a user-propelled cart that selectively prevents rolling of the user-propelled cart from rolling backward, said device comprising:
- a chock member mounted proximate the wheel member, and
- a chock support member for rotatably securing said chock member to the wheel attachment member, such that said chock member can be selectively, and rotatably, moved from an upward non-braking position to a deployed braking position, wherein in said deployed braking position, said chock member tangentially engages the wheel, whereby rotation of the wheel is impeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.