Shopping cart
AssigneeWanzl GmbH & Co.
InventorRudolf Wanzl
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shopping cart (1) with a chassis (2), a device (4) to push it, and a basket-like container (5) to accommodate goods carried by the chassis (2), the chassis (2) and the basket-like container (5) being designed in such a way that shopping carts (1) of the same kind can be pushed into one another in order to save space and the container (5) being composed of a carrying section (7) which is attached to the chassis (2) and which has a bottom (9), two side walls (8), and a back wall (21) and of an end piece (23) which is connected to and carried by the carrying section (7) and which is located facing the back wall (21). The essence of the invention consists of the end piece (23) being designed as a structural element made of plastic composed of one or more pieces and rigidly connected to the carrying section (7).
Claims14
A shopping cart comprising a chassis, a means to push said cart, a container to accommodate goods carried by the chassis, the chassis and the container being designed in such a way that shopping carts of the same kind can be pushed into one another in order to save space;
- the container being composed of
- (a) a carrying section which is attached to the chassis and which has a bottom, two side walls, an open front end and a back wall and
- (b) a front extension which has a bottom, two side walls, a front wall and an open back end;
- said front extension being rigidly connected to and carried by the carrying section in a manner to prevent relative motion between the carrying section and the front extension and to form with the carrying section a common space;
- said front extension being located to face said back wall;
- said front extension being made of plastic and comprised of at least one device for promoting, supporting or influencing the shopping process.
The shopping cart of claim 26 including a glare shield for said screen connected to said device.
A shopping cart comprising a chassis, a means to push said cart, a container to accommodate goods carried by the chassis, the chassis and the container being designed in such a way that shopping carts of the same kind can be pushed into one another in order to save space;
- the container being composed of
- (a) a carrying section which is attached to the chassis and which has a bottom, two side walls, an open front end and a back wall and
- (b) a front extension which has a bottom, two side walls, a front wall and an open back end;
- said front extension being connected to and carried by the carrying section to form with the carrying section a common space;
- said front extension being located to face said back wall;
- said front extension being made of plastic and comprised of at least one device for promoting, supporting or influencing the shopping process;
- one of the carrying sections and the front extension having protrusions and the other of the carrying section and the front extension having mating indentations which engage said protrusions to produce a snap-in connection therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.