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US 7,407,169 B2Granted
Seat assembly for a shopping cart
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsWilliam D. Splain, Robert D. Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark T. Ryan, David L. Pruitt, Jr.
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Abstract
A seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate pivotally mounted to a rear portion of the shopping cart and a seat member made from a plastic material. The seat member is mounted to the gate of the shopping cart via a pivot mechanism to extend in a position to support a child within the shopping cart. The seat member includes a generally curved concave portion having an apex adjacent the gate and a generally straight portion on a side of the seat member opposite the apex of the generally curved concave portion.
Claims22
A child seat for a shopping cart, the seat comprising:
- a base member made from a plastic material and defining a top surface and a recess, the recess including a generally rectangular shaped portion and a generally concave shaped portion that is superimposed over and intersects with the generally rectangular shaped portion, the base member including a front edge and a rear edge with the rear edge pivotally mounted relative to a rear portion of a shopping cart;
- and
- a flap made from a plastic material and defining a top surface, the flap pivotally mounted relative to the rear edge of base member and movable between a first generally vertical position in which the flap is generally perpendicular to the base member and a second generally horizontal position in which the flap nests within the rectangular shaped portion and the generally concave shaped portion of the recess of the base member so that the top surface of the flap is generally flush with the top surface of the base member.
A seat assembly for a shopping cart, the seat assembly comprising:
- a gate pivotally mounted to a rear portion of the shopping cart;
- and
- a seat member made from a plastic material mounted to the gate of the shopping cart via a pivot mechanism to extend in a position to support a child within the shopping cart, the seat member having a preformed recess comprising:
- a generally curved concave portion having an apex adjacent the gate;
- and
- a generally straight portion on a side of the seat member opposite the apex of the generally curved concave portion, wherein the apex defines a partially straight portion adjacent a rear edge of the seat member adjacent the pivot mechanism.
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A shopping cart comprising:
- a basket;
- a seat assembly mounted within basket including:
- a seat;
- and
- a backrest made from a plastic material and including an upper portion defining a noteholder configured to releasably hold a note, the noteholder including:
- a recess formed in the upper portion of the backrest;
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- a finger protruding from the upper portion adjacent to and spaced from the recess of the backrest to enable releasably holding the note between the finger and the recess.
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A seat assembly for a shopping cart, the seat assembly comprising:
- a gate pivotally mounted to a rear portion of the shopping cart;
- and
- a seat member made from a plastic material mounted to the gate of the shopping cart via a pivot mechanism to extend in a position to support a child within the shopping cart, the seat member comprising:
- a generally curved concave portion having an apex adjacent the gate;
- and
- a generally straight portion on a side of the seat member opposite the apex of the generally curved concave portion, wherein the apex defines a partially straight portion adjacent a rear edge of the seat member adjacent the pivot mechanism.
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A child seat for a shopping cart, the seat comprising:
- a base member made from a plastic material and defining a top surface and a recess, the recess of the base member having a generally rectangular shape and the base member including a front edge and a rear edge with the rear edge pivotally mounted relative to a rear portion of a shopping cart;
- and
- a flap made from a plastic material and defining a top surface, the flap having a generally rectangular shape having substantially the same size and shape as the recess of the base member and the flap being pivotally mounted relative to the rear edge of base member and movable between a first generally vertical position in which the flap is generally perpendicular to the base member and a second generally horizontal position in which the flap nests within the recess of the base member so that the top surface of the flap is generally flush with the top surface of the base member,
- wherein the top surface of the flap and the top surface of the base member each define a generally concave shaped surface, the concave shaped surface including an apex positioned adjacent the rear edge of the base member, the apex including at least a generally straight portion.
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A child seat for a shopping cart, the seat comprising:
- a base member made from a plastic material and defining a top surface and a recess, the recess of the base member having a generally rectangular shape and the base member including a front edge and a rear edge with the rear edge pivotally mounted relative to a rear portion of a shopping cart;
- and
- a flap made from a plastic material and defining a top surface, the flap having a generally rectangular shape having substantially the same size and shape as the recess of the base member and the flap being pivotally mounted relative to the rear edge of base member and movable between a first generally vertical position in which the flap is generally perpendicular to the base member and a second generally horizontal position in which the flap nests within the recess of the base member so that the top surface of the flap is generally flush with the top surface of the base member,
- wherein the top surface of the flap and the top surface of the base member each define a generally concave shaped surface, the concave shaped surface including an apex positioned adjacent the rear edge of the base member and the generally concave shaped surface including a generally straight portion adjacent the front edge of the base member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.