# US 2022/0032984 A1 · Shopping Trolley > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0032984 A1 - Document ID: US20220032984A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/297,399 - Filed: 2019-11-22 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-26 - Applicants: Shoppacart Pty Ltd - Inventors: Jeanne Louise O'DONNELL; Edward Joseph Khoury; Ross Khoury - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220032984A1 ## CPC - B62B 3/027: {collapsible shopping trolleys} - B62B 5/0003: {Adaptations for loading in or on a vehicle} - B62B 2205/003: with actuation mechanisms which drive the folding or unfolding operation - B62B 2205/04: box-shaped in folded position - B62B 2205/12: Collapsible wheels - B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M) ## Abstract A shopping trolley (10) comprising a basket (12) having first and second side walls (22, 23), first and second end walls (20, 21) and a base wall (18). The basket 12 includes first and second front legs (26, 27) and first and second rear legs (28, 29). The first and second front legs (26, 27) are rotatable from an extended position, in which they extend downwardly from adjacent a front of the basket 12, to a collapsed position, in which they are located adjacent outer sides of the first and second side walls (22, 23). The rear legs (28, 29) are rotatable from an extended position, in which they extend downwardly from adjacent a rear of the basket, to a collapsed position, in they are located adjacent and above upper edges of the first and second side walls (22, 23) of the basket (12). ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 (canceled) ### Claim 3 (canceled) ### Claim 4 (canceled) ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (canceled) ### Claim 7 (canceled) ### Claim 8 (canceled) ### Claim 9 (canceled) ### Claim 10 (canceled) ### Claim 11 (canceled) ### Claim 12 (canceled) ### Claim 13 (canceled) ### Claim 14 (canceled) ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 (canceled) ### Claim 18 (canceled) ### Claim 19 (canceled) ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 (canceled) ### Claim 22 (canceled) ### Claim 23 (canceled) ### Claim 24 A shopping trolley comprising: a basket having first and second side walls, first and second end walls and a base wall; first and second front legs, each having a wheels on a lower end thereof; and first and second rear legs, each having a wheel on a lower end thereof; wherein the first and second front legs are rotatable from an extended position, in which the first and second front legs extend downwardly from adjacent a front of the basket, to a collapsed position, in which the first and second front legs are located adjacent outer sides of the first and second side walls of the basket respectively, and the rear legs are rotatable from an extended position, in which the first and second rear legs extend downwardly from adjacent a rear of the basket, to a collapsed position, in which portions of the first and second rear legs are located adjacent and above upper edges of the first and second side walls of the basket respectively. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 24, wherein the first and second front legs are rotatably connected to outer surfaces of the side walls of the basket and the first and second rear legs are rotatably connected to the basket within recessed portions of the first and second side walls. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 24, wherein the first and second rear legs are receivable inside the first and second front legs as the front legs move from the extended to the collapsed position. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 26, wherein a front cross member extends between the first and second front legs such that the front cross member engages the first and second rear legs as the front legs move to the collapsed position. ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 25, wherein the first and second front legs and the first and second rear legs each include a first end portion adjacent the first end thereof and a second end portion extending from the first end portion to the second end wherein the second portion is at an angle to the first end portion. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 28, wherein when the front and rear legs are in the extended positions, the first end portions of the first and second front legs are oriented to extend from adjacent the first end wall in a direction downwardly and rearwardly relative to the basket, the second end portions of the first and second front legs extend from the first end portions in a direction downwardly and forwardly relative to the basket, the first end portions of the first and second rear legs are oriented to extend from adjacent the second end wall in a direction downwardly and forwardly relative to the basket and the second end portions of the first and second rear legs extend from the first end portions in a direction downwardly and rearwardly relative to the basket. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 28, wherein the first end portions of the first and second front legs are rotatably connected to the basket on outer surfaces of the first and second side walls respectively adjacent the first end wall and the first end portions of the rear legs are rotatably connected to the basket within the recessed portions located adjacent the second end wall. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 30, wherein the first and second side walls of the basket are each provided with an outwardly extending wall portion extending from a location above the junction between the base wall and the first end wall to a location located rearwardly of the junction between the base wall and the first end wall such that the first end portions of the first and second front legs rest on upper surfaces of the wall portions in the extended position. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 28, wherein the recessed portions in the first and second side walls each define a first shoulder portion extending from a location above the junction between the base wall and the second end wall to a location forwardly of the junction between the base wall and the second end wall such that the first end portions of the first and second rear legs rest under the first shoulder portions in the extended position. ### Claim 33 (depends on 28) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 28, wherein, in the collapsed position, the first end portions of the first and second rear legs are located adjacent rear edges of the first and second side walls and the second end portions of the first and second rear legs are located adjacent and above upper edges of the first and second side walls. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 33, wherein the upper edges of the first and second side walls each include a recessed end portion adjacent the first end wall such that the recessed end portions receive the wheels of the first and second rear legs in the collapsed position. ### Claim 35 (depends on 28) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 28, wherein outer surfaces of the first and second side walls of the basket include second shoulder portions defining downwardly facing surfaces extending along the first and second side walls from adjacent the first end wall to adjacent the second end wall, the downwardly facing surfaces of the second shoulder portions corresponding to the shape of the first and second front legs such that the first and second front legs engage against the downwardly facing surfaces of the second shoulder portions in the collapsed position. ### Claim 36 (depends on 24) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 24, wherein the front and rear legs are maintained in the extended positions by locking members. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 36, wherein the locking members extend outwardly from the first and second side walls to engage with each of the front and rear legs to restrict rotation of the front and rear wheel support frames away from the extended position. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 37, wherein the locking members each comprises a pin mounted with a housing provided on a lower surface of the base wall such that each of the pins is extendible outwardly from the base wall to engage into a hole in one of the front or rear legs. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 38, wherein the pins are spring biased relative to the respective housings such that a distal end of each of the pins is moved outwardly by the spring bias to engage into the hole. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 39, wherein an actuator is connected to each of the pins such that operation of the actuator retracts the pins away from the legs to release the front and rear wheel support frames to rotate towards the collapsed position. ### Claim 41 (depends on 40) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 40, wherein the actuator comprises a handle mounted adjacent a rear edge of the base wall of the basket connected via cables to the housings such that operation of the handle causes retraction of the pins. ### Claim 42 (depends on 24) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 24, wherein secondary wheels are provided on which the shopping trolley may be moved when the front and rear support frames are in the collapsed position. ### Claim 43 (depends on 42) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 42, wherein a first pair of secondary wheels is provided on a lower surface of the base wall of the basket adjacent the first end wall and a second pair of secondary wheels is provided on a front cross member extending between the first and second front legs. ### Claim 44 (depends on 24) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 24, wherein one or more straps is provided extending from a front end of the basket to the front wheel support frame such that the straps engage with a rear of a vehicle before the front wheel support frame. ### Claim 45 (depends on 44) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 44, wherein the straps are elasticised. ### Claim 46 (depends on 44) The shopping trolley in accordance with claim 44, wherein the straps have first ends connected to a first end wall of the basket and second ends connected to a first cross member extending between the first and second front legs.