Child safety restraint for a shopping cart
OwnerDavid J. Divoky, Donna Divoky +1inventors
InventorsDavid J. Divoky, Donna Divoky, Nicholas M. Divoky
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Abstract
A child restraint system for use with shopping carts and the like equipped with a child carrier utilizes a pair of shoulder straps joined at one end to a crotch strap which passes between the legs of a child and attaches to the rear of the cart at the front of the child carrier. The shoulder straps can be quickly and easily adjusted vertically to accommodate children of different sizes in the carrier. The restraint system can be retrofitted onto an existing carrier-equipped cart, or can be integrated into the design of the cart.
Claims11
In combination;
- a wheeled shopping cart including a basket for holding merchandise such as groceries, a handle for pushing and maneuvering the cart and a carrier for carrying infants and small children, said carrier including a back support, a seat, and openings through which the legs of the infant extend, the improvement comprising:
- a child restraint associated with the carrier and comprising front and rear panels sandwiching the back support therebetween and extending above the back support;
- fastening means extending through the back support to join the panels;
- a pair of shoulder straps secured to the front and rear panels, each panel having first and second rows of vertically spaced slots to receive therethrough a first end of the shoulder straps with the slots in the front panel being linearly aligned with the slots in the rear panel, and the slots in the first row being aligned horizontally with the slots in the second row, each strap having a first end passing through a slot in one of the vertically spaced rows in each of the front and rear panels;
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- means for joining the shoulder straps to the cart at the front of the seat.
A child restraint for use with the child carrier of a shopping cart, said carrier having a back support, said restraint comprising
- a) front and rear panels adapted to sandwich therebetween the back support of the child carrier and extending above the back support, said front and the rear panels each have first and second rows of vertically spaced slots to receive therethrough a first end of a shoulder strap with the slots in the front panel being linearly aligned with the slots in the rear panel, and the slots in the first row being aligned horizontally with the slots in the second row;
- b) fastening means to couple the panels together and to secure them to the back support therebetween;
- c) a pair of shoulder straps, each strap having a first end releasably joined to the panels and a second end coupled together;
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- d) a crotch strap having one end joined to the second end of the shoulder straps and a free end adapted to be secured to the cart.
A mobile shopping cart including a child carrier having a seat and a back, and a restraint system to prevent a child from falling from the cart, the restraint system comprising a pair of shoulder straps, each adapted to pass over one shoulder of a child, each shoulder strap having first and second ends, the back comprising a wire grid sandwiched between a pair of panels secured to one another, means comprising a first row and a second row of vertically and horizontally aligned, spaced-apart adjustment slots wherein the adjustment slots in the front panel are linearly aligned with the slots in the rear panel, and the slots in the first row are aligned horizontally with the slots in the second row, each strap having a first end passing through the wire grid to secure the first end of each shoulder strap to the back of the carrier so as to allow vertical height adjustment of the shoulder straps where the first end of each shoulder strap is removably secured to the back of the carrier, the second end of each shoulder strap connected at a common point with the second end of the other shoulder strap, a crotch strap having a first end connected at the common point to the shoulder strap, and a second end adapted to pass between the legs of a child, means for joining the second end to the frame of the cart, the crotch strap cooperating with the shoulder strap means to prevent the child from standing while restrained by the restraint system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.