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US 2020/0139998 A1Published application
Shopping Cart Gate with Fixed Child Seat
AssigneeUnarco Industries, Inc.
InventorWilliam Timothy Harrison
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Abstract
A rear gate for a shopping cart where a child seat is attached to the rear gate such that the child seat does not move relative to the rear gate. The child seat is fixed to the rear gate, but the rear gate is pivotally attached to the frame of the shopping cart to allow the shopping carts to be nested together.
Claims20
A shopping cart comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of casters wherein the plurality of casters are attached underneath the frame;
- a handle attached to a rear portion of the frame;
- a basket positioned above the frame;
- and
- a rear gate assembly pivotally attached to the frame,
- wherein the rear gate assembly includes a rear gate and a child seat,
- wherein the child seat is fixed to the rear gate assembly such that is does not move relative to the rear gate,
- wherein the child seat comprises a lower seat portion and a back portion,
- wherein the base of the lower seat portion and the base of the back portion include a rim wire and a brace loop wire,
- wherein the rim wire and the brace loop wire are attached to the rear gate assembly,
- wherein the rim wire has connection points with the rear gate assembly above the connection points where the brace loop attaches to the rear gate, and
- wherein child seat further comprises a support wire wherein the support wire is connected to the rear gate at a position above a location of the connection points of the rim wire with the rear gate and the connection points of the brace loop wire.
10 more elements
A method of making a shopping cart comprising:
- forming a frame;
- forming a basket, wherein the basket is configured to engage the frame, and wherein the basket is positioned above the frame;
- forming a rear gate assembly, wherein the rear gate assembly is pivotally attached to the frame;
- and
- forming a child seat, wherein the child seat comprises a lower seat portion and a back portion, and wherein the child seat is fixed to the rear gate assembly such that is does not move relative to the rear gate assembly.
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A child seat for a shopping cart comprising:
- a lower seat portion;
- and
- a back portion;
- wherein a base of the lower seat portion and a base of the back portion include a rim wire and a brace loop wire, wherein the rim wire and the brace loop wire are attached to a rear gate assembly of a shopping cart, wherein the rear gate assembly of the shopping cart is configured to pivotally engage a frame of the shopping cart, and wherein the child seat does not move relative to the rear gate assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.