US 6,805,366 B1Granted

Portable shopping cart apparatus

OwnerAlbert Searainventor

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Abstract

A portable shopping cart apparatus for allowing a user to transport all consumer items including hanging clothes through a department store. The portable shopping cart apparatus includes a base assembly including a base member, and also including a wheel assembly upon which the base member is mounted; and also includes an elongate upright support member being attached to the base member and extending upwardly therefrom; and further including a basket assembly being mounted about the elongate upright support member; and also including a hanger support assembly being attached to the basket assembly for supporting hanging clothes.

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A portable shopping cart apparatus comprising:

a base assembly including a base member, and also including a wheel assembly upon which said base member is mounted, said base member being saucer-shaped, said wheel assembly including a plurality of inverted U-shaped brackets being spacedly attached to a bottom side of said base member, and also including a plurality of wheel members being rotatably mounted to said inverted U-shaped brackets for moving said portable shopping cart apparatus upon a ground surface;
an elongate upright support member being attached to said base member and extending upwardly therefrom, said elongate upright support member being a pole being attached to a top side of said base member;
a basket assembly being mounted about said elongate upright support member, said basket assembly including a first basket member being mounted about a lower portion of said pole and having bottom and side walls which are made of mesh material, said bottom wall having a hole being centrally disposed therethrough and through which said pole is received, said first basket member also having an upper mesh support ring being attached along a top edge of said side wall, and also having a lower mesh support ring interconnecting said side wall to said bottom wall, said basket assembly also including a second basket member being mounted about an upper portion of said pole and having bottom and side walls being made of mesh material, said bottom wall of said second basket member having a hole being centrally disposed therethrough and through which said pole is received, said second basket member also having an upper mesh support ring being attached along a top edge of said side wall of said second basket member, and also having a lower mesh support ring interconnecting said side wall to said bottom wall of said second basket member;
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a hanger support assembly being attached to said basket assembly for supporting hanging clothes, said hanger support assembly including bracket members being attached to said upper mesh support ring of said second basket member and extending outwardly therefrom, and also including curved rods having ends being attached to said bracket members, and further including tubular pad members being mounted about said curved rods, said curved rods and said tubular pad members in combination forming a ring spaced from said upper mesh support ring of said second basket member.

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Abstract

A portable shopping cart apparatus comprising:

a base assembly including a base member, and also including a wheel assembly upon which said base member is mounted, said base member being saucer-shaped, said wheel assembly including a plurality of inverted U-shaped brackets being spacedly attached to a bottom side of said base member, and also including a plurality of wheel members being rotatably mounted to said inverted U-shaped brackets for moving said portable shopping cart apparatus upon a ground surface;
an elongate upright support member being attached to said base member and extending upwardly therefrom, said elongate upright support member being a pole being attached to a top side of said base member;
a basket assembly being mounted about said elongate upright support member, said basket assembly including a first basket member being mounted about a lower portion of said pole and having bottom and side walls which are made of mesh material, said bottom wall having a hole being centrally disposed therethrough and through which said pole is received, said first basket member also having an upper mesh support ring being attached along a top edge of said side wall, and also having a lower mesh support ring interconnecting said side wall to said bottom wall, said basket assembly also including a second basket member being mounted about an upper portion of said pole and having bottom and side walls being made of mesh material, said bottom wall of said second basket member having a hole being centrally disposed therethrough and through which said pole is received, said second basket member also having an upper mesh support ring being attached along a top edge of said side wall of said second basket member, and also having a lower mesh support ring interconnecting said side wall to said bottom wall of said second basket member;
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a hanger support assembly being attached to said basket assembly for supporting hanging clothes, said hanger support assembly including bracket members being attached to said upper mesh support ring of said second basket member and extending outwardly therefrom, and also including curved rods having ends being attached to said bracket members, and further including tubular pad members being mounted about said curved rods, said curved rods and said tubular pad members in combination forming a ring spaced from said upper mesh support ring of said second basket member.

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