Securable cover panel for shopping cart
OwnerRaymond Cornoginventor
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Abstract
A lockable cover panel for a shopping cart and a shopping cart comprising the same is disclosed. The shopping cart can comprise a frame, a plurality of wheels, and a main compartment. The shopping cart can further comprise a collapsible secondary compartment comprising a first panel and a lower panel and defining a top opening. A cover panel can pivotably attach to the first panel and extend across the top opening.
Claims20
A shopping cart comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of wheels coupled to a bottom of the frame;
- a main compartment coupled to the frame, the main compartment defining a front face, a back face opposing the front face, first and second side faces extending between respective side edges of the front face and the back face, and a bottom face extending between lower edges of the first and second side faces between the front face and the back face;
- a secondary compartment that is movable between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration and that is disposed at least partially within the main compartment, wherein the secondary compartment comprises:
- a first panel that is pivotable about a first axis to a position that is proximate to the back face when the secondary compartment is in the collapsed configuration, and
- a lower panel that is pivotably coupled at a first end and slidably coupled at a second end so that the lower panel is movable between a collapsed position and a deployed position,
- wherein the first panel, the back face, the lower panel, and portions of the side faces cooperate to define the secondary compartment having a top opening;
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- a cover panel that is pivotable about a second axis from a first orientation that is generally parallel to and adjacent to the first panel to a second orientation that covers the top opening of the secondary compartment.
A cover panel for a shopping cart comprising a main compartment and a collapsible secondary compartment defining a top opening having a length and a width and comprising a first panel that is pivotable from a stowed position that is generally parallel to a back face of the main compartment and a deployed position that is pivoted from the stowed position, wherein the first panel comprises a top edge, the cover panel comprising:
- a generally planar cover panel that is configured to pivotably couple with the first panel at a top edge of the first panel, wherein the generally planar cover panel extends at least a majority of the width of the secondary compartment in a transverse dimension, and wherein the generally planar cover extends at least a majority of the length of the secondary compartment in a second dimension that is perpendicular to the transverse dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.