Supermarket cart cup and accessory holder
AssigneeMedia Technology Source, Inc.
InventorsPeter W.A. Bergin, Bruce D. Clark
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Abstract
A cupholder is mountable on the interior of a supermarket cart and can be mounted to the cart with a saddle that fits over the top edge of the cart wall, or mounted to a track that is bolted to the cart wall. The cupholder can be moved to different locations along the length of the wall on which it is mounted and retained in position with suitable fasteners. The cupholder can fit onto end walls, side walls, or onto a child seat in the handle area of the cart, and provides a way of holding not only cups, but also accessories, such as note pads, pens and the like.
Claims6
A cupholder adapted for mounting onto a shopping cart, the cupholder comprising a housing having a base end, a top wall supported on the base end and having a receptacle for a drink cup formed in the housing and opening to the top wall and having a lower end;
- a base wall having a first surface extending downwardly from a plane of the top wall, the first surface being defined adjacent to the drink cup receptacle;
- a flange wall at the base end and extending generally perpendicular to the plane of the top wall and having a second surface parallel to and facing the first surface, and a cross wall parallel to and adjacent an upper surface of the top wall and extending between the base wall and the flange wall to join the first and second surfaces to form an open bottom groove for mounting the cupholder over a wall of a basket of a shopping cart, the first and second surfaces both extending in direction away from the cross wall and being substantially coextensive and both extending to have lower ends substantially at a level with a lower end of the drink cup receptacle for stability in mounting.
A cupholder for mounting onto a shopping cart comprising a housing having a base wall lying generally along a first plane and having a length along the first plane, a top wall generally perpendicular to the first plane and supported on the base wall and having a top surface defining a second plane, the cupholder having a cup receptacle opening through the top wall and extending a distance in a direction along the base wall away from the top wall, said cup receptacle being of a size to support a drink cup, and a hanger bracket secured to the top wall, comprising a second wall that is generally parallel to, and spaced from the base wall, a cross wall generally parallel to the top wall and having a top surface lying closely adjacent the first plane, and mounting the second wall to form an inverted U-shaped receptacle, said second wall being spaced from the base wall sufficiently to receive a side wall of a shopping cart between the base wall and the second wall, said second wall extending along the base wall for substantially the same distance as the length of the base wall, and a peripheral skirt wall joined to edges of the top wall, said base wall and the skirt wall extending from the second plane of the top wall a distance substantially equal to the distance the cup receptacle extends from the second plane.
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