Grocery delivery vehicle
AssigneeThe Kroger Co.
InventorGregory M. Goosman
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Abstract
A vehicle adapted to hold and transport groceries for home delivery comprises a chassis and a storage unit. The storage unit includes multiple compartments maintained at different temperatures to keep items placed therein refrigerated, frozen or at ambient temperature. Each of the compartments is easily accessible from the ground and has at least one rack mounted therein. The racks support totes filled with grocery orders.
Claims17
A vehicle adapted to transport groceries for home delivery, said vehicle comprising:
- a chassis supported by wheels,
- a storage unit supported by said chassis and having a front side, a rear side, a passenger side and a driver side, said storage unit being divided into multiple compartments by dividers, each of said compartments having a tote rack secured therein adapted to Store multiple totes, one of said compartments being a freezer compartment, one of said compartments being a refrigerated compartment and one of said compartments being a dry goods compartment maintained at ambient temperature, each of said compartments having an entry door;
- a refrigeration system for maintaining the freezer compartment at a temperature below freezing and maintaining the refrigerated compartment at a temperature slightly above freezing temperature;
- a plurality of curtain strips in said freezer compartment to maintain cool air inside said freezer compartment when said entry door of said freezer compartment is opened;
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- a pull-out tray for supporting groceries in at least one of said compartments.
A motorized vehicle powered by an engine and adapted to transport groceries for home delivery, said vehicle comprising:
- a chassis supported by wheels,
- an insulated storage unit supported by said chassis and having a driver side and a passenger side, said insulated storage unit being divided into multiple compartments by insulated dividers, at least one of said compartments being a freezer compartment, at least one of said compartments being a refrigerated compartment, and at least one of said compartments being a dry goods compartment at ambient temperature, each of said refrigerated and freezer compartments having an insulated entry door mounted on said passenger side of the storage unit each of said compartments having at least one tote rack adapted to store multiple totes;
- at least one pull-out tray adapted to support groceries located in at least one of said compartments;
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- at least one belly box adapted to store additional groceries.
A motorized vehicle powered by an engine and adapted to transport groceries for home delivery, said vehicle comprising:
- a chassis supported by wheels,
- a storage unit supported by said chassis and having a passenger side and a driver side, said storage unit being divided by dividers into multiple compartments including a freezer compartment, a refrigerated compartment located in front of the freezer compartment and a dry goods compartment located in front of the freezer and refrigerated compartments, each of said compartments having at least one tote rack therein adapted to store totes of groceries and an entry door on the passenger side of the storage unit, said dry good compartment having an area for storing empty totes, and
- a refrigeration system comprising a first compressor powered by the engine of the vehicle and a second compressor powered by an electric motor located inside a roof unit for maintaining the freezer compartment at a temperature below freezing temperature and maintaining the refrigerated compartment at a temperature slightly above freezing temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.