Shopping cart retention entrance
OwnerArthur Vanmoorinventor
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Abstract
In combination with a barrier for retaining shopping carts around a parking lot, a vehicle entrance includes a roadway having a surface and a plurality of geometric objects protruding upward from the surface for entrapping a wheel of a shopping cart when the wheel of the shopping cart is pushed over the geometric objects. Another embodiment includes a water trap in the roadway. All of the embodiments of the invention help retain shopping carts within a confined area such as a parking lot.
Claims3
In combination with a barrier for retaining shopping carts around a parking lot, a vehicle entrance comprising:
- a roadway having a surface;
- a plurality of geometric objects protruding upward from said surface for entrapping a wheel of a shopping cart when the wheel of the shopping cart is pushed over said geometric objects, said geometric objects being v-shaped blocks;
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- said v-shaped blocks having a given height greater than a radius of the shopping cart wheel, and a given distance between said v-shaped blocks greater than a diameter of the wheel of the shopping cart, said v-shaped blocks being aligned for providing minimal interference with a travel motion of wheels of an automobile.
In combination with a barrier for retaining shopping carts around a parking lot, a vehicle entrance comprising:
- a roadway;
- a water trap in said roadway, said water trap having sides and a pool of water for inhibiting movement of a shopping cart through the vehicle entrance;
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- a ramp on each side of said water trap over which a vehicle is lowered into said water trap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.