Multiple child seat nestable shopping cart
AssigneeRehrig International, Inc.
InventorsChristopher M. Johnson, Ralph McCann
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A dual child seat nestable shopping cart including a front overhanging basket, at least two inwardly-facing child seats positioned behind the basket on opposite sides of the cart, each seat having an upright backrest arranged along the opposite sides of the cart, wherein the seats and backrests are positioned such that a front overhanging portion of a basket of a similar cart may be nested over the seat and between the backrests for enabling nesting of similar carts when the seats are unoccupied. The child seats may constitute a portion of a single shopping cart assembly or may be constructed as a module for retrofitting a conventional standard nestable shopping cart.
Claims26
A multiple child seat nestable shopping cart comprising:
- a wheeled chassis having a longitudinally extending central area which extends along a centerline in a lengthwise direction of the wheeled chassis;
- a shopping cart basket mounted on the chassis, the basket including a front nesting portion, outer side portions, and a rear portion;
- at least two child seats facing inwardly towards the longitudinally extending central area positioned behind the basket rear portion on opposite sides of the cart and supported by the wheeled chassis;
- said seats positioned dimensioned and configured so as to be capable of receiving a front nesting portion of a similar cart basket over the seats when the seats are unoccupied.
A nestable shopping cart and child seat, comprising:
- a wheeled basket module including a forwardly projecting basket having a front nestable portion;
- a wheeled seat module having a longitudinal central area extending along a centerline in a lengthwise direction of said wheeled seat module and arranged behind the basket module and including at least a first child adapted to support at least one child passenger on the module in an upright position and facing sideways towards the central area such that the child's legs can be arranged substantially inside the cart;
- and
- a rear area in the seating module arranged for receiving at least a front nestable portion of a basket of another similar shopping cart over the first seat when the seat is unoccupied, said first seat being located, dimensioned and configured so that a front nestable portion of a basket of another similar cart may pass thereover in a nested relationship.
A multiple child seat nestable shopping cart, comprising:
- a wheeled shopping cart having a frontward overhanging basket;
- a wheeled seating module fastened to the cart behind the basket and having a longitudinally extending central area extending along a centerline in a lengthwise direction of said wheeled seat module, said seating module having a floor and at least two spaced-apart seats facing inwardly towards the central area and arranged on opposite sides of the seating module, each of the seats having a backrest arranged along an opposite side of the seating module;
- and
- said seats located, dimensioned and configured so as to permit a forward overhanging portion of a basket of a similar shopping cart to pass over the seats and between the backrests for nesting.
A seat module for use with a wheeled shopping cart comprising:
- a longitudinally extending seat body having a forward end and a rearward end;
- a longitudinally extending central area extending along a centerline of said longitudinally extending seat body from the forward to the rearward end of said longitudinally extending seat body, and at least one molded plastic child seat facing transversely inwardly towards the central area, the seat including an upright backrest extending parallel with the longitudinally extending central area, a generally horizontal seat surface on one side of the central area and a floor surface area in front of and below the seat surface extending from an area adjacent the forward end to an area located towards the rearward end;
- a handle device located towards a rearward end of the seat body, the handle device being arranged to avoid interference with nesting within the seat module rear area of a front nesting portion of a shopping cart basket;
- and
- wheels connected to and supporting the rearward end area only of the seat body relative to a support surface, whereby the forward end of the seat body is unsupported relative to such support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.