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US 4,650,199 AGranted
Bottom-supported basket
OwnerB. Houston Rehriginventor
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Abstract
A bottom-supported plastic basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion. The two sides, the front and the bottom of the basket are integrally molded. The bottom portion of the basket includes a plurality of quick release locking features which permit the basket to be readily coupled and decoupled from a cart chassis having corresponding mounting features. The basket may also be coupled to a conventional cart chassis.
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A bottom-supported basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, said frame mounting portion having quick release engaging means for engaging said basket, said basket comprising:
- a pair of opposed side panels;
- a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels;
- a rear panel molded principally of open lattice construction positioned between said side panels, whereby said rear panel is in opposed relationship to said front panel and is pivotable between said side panels;
- a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, said bottom panel having a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said frame mounting portion, said basket mounting portion having front and rear downwardly opening transverse seats, wherein the rear edge of said bottom panel has a raised transverse cross member of hollow cross-section extending across said rear edge, said cross member being located to prevent said rear panel from pivoting rearwardly from beyond said rear edge of said bottom panel;
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- said basket mounting portion having quick release coupling means engageable solely with said quick release engaging means of said frame mounting portion for quickly, releasably coupling said basket to said frame.
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A wheeled cart comprising:
- a wheeled frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, said frame mounting portion having quick release engaging means for engaging said basket;
- and a basket having a pair of opposed side panels, a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels, a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, a rear panel molded principally of open lattice construction positioned between said side panels, whereby said rear panel is in opposed relationship to said front panel and is pivotable between said side panels, wherein the rear edge of said bottom panel has a raised transverse cross member of hollow cross-section extending across the full width of said rear edge, said cross member being located to prevent said rear panel from pivoting rearwardly from beyond said rear edge of said bottom panel, and a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said frame mounting portion, said basket mounting portion having front and rear downwardly opening transverse seats, said basket mounting portion having quick release coupling means engageable solely with said quick release engaging means of said frame mounting portion for quickly, releasably coupling said basket to said frame.
A bottom-supported basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, said frame mounting portion having quick release engaging means for engaging said basket, the basket comprising:
- a pair of opposed side panels;
- a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels;
- a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, said bottom panel having a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said frame mounting portion;
- a handle assembly including a pair of upstanding handle supports having lower ends which are anchored between said frame mounting portion and said basket mounting portion;
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- said basket mounting portion having quick release coupling means engageable solely with said quick release engaging means of said frame mounting portion for quickly, releasably coupling said basket to said frame.
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The basket of claim 9 wherein said side panels, said front panel and said bottom panel are integrally molded with one another, and are principally of open lattice construction.
A wheeled cart comprising:
- a wheeled frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, said frame mounting portion having quick release engaging means for engaging said basket;
- a basket having a pair of opposed side panels, a front panel joined to the front edges of said panels, a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, and a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said frame mounting portion, said basket mounting portion having quick release coupling means engageable solely with said frame quick release engaging means of said frame mounting portion for coupling said basket to said frame;
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- a handle assembly including a pair of upstanding handle supports having lower ends which are anchored between said frame mounting portion and said basket mounting portion, said frame mounting portion and said basket mounting portion having female and male handle locking elements respectively located along the lower edge of said basket mounting portion and the upper edge of said frame mounting portion for anchoring the lower ends of said handle supports, said handle locking element of said frame portion having a socket which receives the lower end of said handle supports, said cart further comprising an upwardly opening socket on the lower end of each of said handle supports and a depending projection on said handle locking element of the basket portion which is received in said upwardly opening handle socket.
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A bottom-supported basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, said frame mounting portion having quick release engaging means for engaging said basket, the basket comprising:
- a pair of opposed side panels;
- a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels;
- a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, said bottom panel having a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said frame mounting portion, said basket mounting portion having quick release coupling means engageable solely with said quick release engaging means of said frame mounting portion for quickly, releasably coupling said basket to said frame;
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- a handle assembly including a pair of upstanding handle supports having lower ends which are anchored between said frame mounting portion and said basket mounting portion, said frame mounting portion and said basket mounting portion having mating female and male handle locking elements respectively located along the lower edge of said basket mounting portion and the upper edge of said frame mounting portion for anchoring said handle suppports, said handle locking element of said frame portion having a socket which receives the lower end of said handle supports, said cart further comprising an upwardly opening socket on the lower end of each of said handle supports and a depending projection on the handle locking element of said basket portion which is received in said upwardly opening handle socket.
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A bottom-supported basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, said frame mounting portion having quick release engaging means for engaging said basket, the basket comprising:
- a pair of opposed side panels;
- a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels;
- a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, said bottom panel having a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said quick release engaging means of said frame mounting portion;
- a rear panel positioned between said side panels, said rear panel being in opposed relationship to said front panel and being pivotably mounted between said side panels;
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- the rear portion of said bottom panel being downwardly stepped with respect to the front portion of said bottom panel and said front portion being slanted down rearwardly toward said rear portion, said raised transverse crossmember having a height substantially in line with the plane defined by said front portion.
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A bottom-supported basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, said frame mounting portion having quick release engaging means, the basket comprising:
- a pair of opposed side panels;
- a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels;
- a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, said bottom panel having a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said quick release engaging means of said frame mounting portion;
- a rear panel positioned between said side panels, whereby said rear panel is in opposed relationship to said front panel and is pivotable between said side panels;
- the rear edge of said bottom panel having a raised transverse crossmember extending across the full width of said rear edge, said cross member being located to prevent said rear panel from pivoting rearwardly from beyond said rear edge of said bottom panel;
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- the bottom contour of said basket having first and second planes slanted down rearwardly and connected by a step portion, said second plane being below said first plane wherein the height of said raised cross-member is lower substantially in line with said first plane.
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A bottom-supported basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, the basket comprising:
- a pair of opposed side panels;
- a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels;
- a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, said bottom panel having a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said frame mounting portion;
- the rear edge of said bottom panel having a raised transverse crossmember;
- a rear panel positioned between said side panels, said rear panel being in opposed relationship to said front panel and is pivotably mounted between said side panels;
- the rear portion of said bottom panel being downwardly stepped with respect to the front portion of said bottom panel and said front portion being slanted down rearwardly toward said rear portion, said raised transverse crossmember having a height substantially coinciding with the plane defined by said front portion.
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A bottom-supported basket for use with a wheeled cart frame having an upwardly facing frame mounting portion, the basket comprising:
- a pair of opposed side panels;
- a front panel joined to the front edges of said side panels;
- a bottom panel joined to the bottom edges of said front and side panels, said bottom panel having a downwardly facing basket mounting portion adapted to mate with said frame mounting portion;
- a rear panel positioned between said side panels, whereby said rear panel is in opposed relationship to said front panel and is pivotable between said panels;
- the rear edge of said bottom panel having a raised transverse cross-member extending across at least a portion of the width of said rear edge, said cross-member being located to prevent said rear panel from pivoting rearwardly from beyond said rear edge of said bottom panel;
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- the bottom basket of said basket having first and second planes slanted down rearwardly and connected by a step portion, said second plane being below said first plane wherein the height of said raised cross-member is substantially in line with said first plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.