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US 7,410,178 B2Granted
Shopping cart handle
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsWilliam D. Splain, Robert D. Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark T. Ryan, David L. Pruitt, Jr., Ann Sullivan
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Abstract
A handle for a shopping cart includes a frame defining a unitary member in a substantially continuous loop. At least one connection portion extends from the frame for securing the frame to a basket of a shopping cart and is configured to position the loop of the frame to be generally parallel to and spaced from an upper portion of a basket of the shopping cart.
Claims22
A shopping cart comprising:
- a basket including an upper edge defining a mouth of the basket, the mouth including four corners;
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- a handle, separate and independent from the basket, including:
- a frame generally aligned vertically above, and spaced apart from, the mouth of the basket and defining a substantially continuous loop arranged in a shape that substantially matches a shape of the mouth of the basket;
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- four first connecting portions extending from the frame of the handle and spaced apart from each other, with each respective first connecting portion of the frame of the handle connected to one of the respective corners of the mouth of the basket.
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A shopping cart basket comprising:
- a container including a generally vertical front portion, and a pair of generally vertical opposed side portions, wherein the front side portion extends between and is arranged generally perpendicular to the opposed side portions;
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- an upper portion comprising a panoramic grasping mechanism including a plurality of elongate slots, the respective elongate slots formed along an upper edge of the container and comprising a first single elongate slot at the front portion of the container and a second single elongate slot formed at each of the two opposed side portions of the container, respectively, wherein the first single elongate slot has a length substantially the same as a length of the front portion of the container and each respective second single elongate slot has a length substantially the same as a length of each respective side portion of the container.
A handle for a shopping cart comprising:
- a frame comprising a unitary member defining a substantially continuous loop;
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- only four connection portions extending from the frame for securing the frame to a basket of a shopping cart and configured to position the substantially continuous loop of the frame to be generally parallel to, and vertically spaced apart from, an upper portion of a basket of the shopping cart,
- wherein the handle is separate and independent from the basket of the shopping cart, and further wherein the handle is configured to enable a user to continuously slide a hand around the frame from one respective connection portion to another respective connection portion of the handle without releasing the user's grip on the handle.
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A shopping cart comprising:
- a basket including an upper edge defining a mouth of the basket, the basket including a pair of opposite side panels and a front panel;
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- a handle, separate and independent from the basket, the handle connected to the basket to form a plurality of grasping zones including:
- a front grasping zone defined by an elongate space between the handle and the front panel of the basket, wherein the front grasping zone extends substantially the entire length of the front panel of the basket;
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- two side grasping zones with each respective side grasping zone defined by an elongate space between the handle and each respective side panel of the basket, wherein each respective side grasping zone extends substantially the entire length of one of the respective side panels of the basket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.