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US 4,560,180 AGranted
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AssigneeWhittar Industries, Ltd.
InventorHarrold Ulmer
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AssigneeWhittar Industries, Ltd.
InventorHarrold Ulmer
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A shopping cart of the over-the-counter type that includes front gates that slide under the basket of the shopping cart for storage purposes. The gate bumpers that are constructed and defined to permit the slide under action are interlocked with the front gate to prevent the ready theft of the front gate from the shopping cart. The front gate is provided with a positive latch to the basket to further prevent the unintentional opening of the gate. The baby seat compartment has a gate that may be pivoted forwardly and rearwardly as well as an upright back supporting position. The shopping cart is constructed of a single frame element for supporting the basket and baby compartment and functioning as a cart handle. The basket is pivotally supported on the frame element to permit it to be swung rearwardly to a storage position over the baby seat compartment. The forces transmitted to the baby seat compartment for elevating the basket are transmitted to the handle rather than the baby seat compartment.
A shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, an elevated frame carried by the chassis, an upwardly opening basket including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, the bottom wall being carried by said elevated frame, the basket having a gate at the front end thereof and open at the rear end thereof, a baby seat compartment secured to the rear portion of said elevated frame immediately behind the open rear end of said basket, said baby seat compartment including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, a baby seat gate arranged adjacent the front of the baby seat compartment between the spaced side walls of the baby seat compartment, and means for pivotally securing said baby seat gate to the baby seat compartment to permit said gate to be secured thereto in an upright position and secured against movement in either the forward or rearward direction, said means permitting release of the baby seat gate from its upright position to permit said gate to be swung down to rest on the bottom wall of said baby seat compartment or the bottom wall of said basket.
A shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, an elevated frame carried by the chassis, an upwardly opening basket including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, the bottom wall being carried by said elevated frame, the basket having a gate at the front end thereof and open at the rear end thereof, a baby seat compartment secured to the rear portion of said elevated frame immediately behind the open rear end of said basket, said baby seat compartment including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, the spaced side walls of the baby seat compartment being substantially longitudinally aligned with the adjacent side wall of said basket, a baby seat gate arranged adjacent the front of the baby seat compartment between the spaced side walls of the baby seat compartment, and means for pivotally securing said baby seat gate to the baby seat compartment to permit said gate to be secured thereto in an upright position and secured against movement in either the forward or rearward direction, said means permitting release of the baby seat gate from its upright position to permit said gate to be swung down to rest on the bottom wall of said baby seat compartment or the bottom wall of said basket.
A shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, an elevated frame carried by the chassis, an upwardly opening basket including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, the bottom wall being carried by said elevated frame, the basket having a gate at the front end thereof and open at the rear end thereof, a baby seat compartment secured to the rear portion of said elevated frame immediately behind the open rear end of said basket, said baby seat compartment including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, a baby seat gate arranged adjacent the front of the baby seat compartment between the spaced side walls of the baby seat compartment, and bumper means secured adjacent the lower front corners of the baby seat compartment for pivotally securing said baby seat gate to the baby seat compartment, said baby seat gate and said bumper means being constructed and defined relative to one another to maintain the gate in a releasable upright compartment closing position for seating a baby in the compartment and to permit the gate to be released from its upright position to allow it to be swung either forward or backward to rest on the bottom wall of the basket or the baby compartment.
A shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, an elevated frame carried by the chassis, an upwardly opening basket including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, the bottom wall being carried by said elevated frame, the basket having an opening at the rear end thereof, a baby seat compartment secured to the rear portion of said elevated frame immediately behind the open rear end of said basket, said baby seat compartment including spaced side walls upstanding from a bottom wall, a baby seat gate arranged adjacent the front of the baby seat compartment between the spaced side walls of the baby seat compartment, means secured adjacent the lower front corners of the baby seat compartment for pivotally securing said baby seat gate to the baby seat compartment, said baby seat gate and said pivot means being constructed and defined relative to one another to maintain the gate in a releasable upright compartment closing position for seating a baby in the compartment and to permit the gate to be released from its upright position to be swung either forwardly or rearwardly to overlie the bottom wall of said basket or said baby compartment respectively, a front gate for the basket movably supported on the basket for opening and closing the front of the basket, and mounting means coacting between the front gate and the basket to pivotally support the gate for permitting movement of the gate between a position wherein the gate extends upwardly from the bottom wall of the basket for closing said opening and a position wherein the gate is maintained in an opened position and may be stored in a position located below and substantially parallel with the bottom wall of the basket.
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