# US 8,540,273 B2 · Shopping cart designed for vehicle trunks

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- Number: US 8,540,273 B2
- Document ID: US8540273B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/870,034
- Filed: 2010-08-27
- Published: 2010-12-23
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2010-08-27
- Applicants: Gleid Elaine Dobrachinski
- Inventors: Gleid Elaine Dobrachinski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540273B2

## CPC

- B62B 3/02: involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible
- B62B 3/027: {collapsible shopping trolleys}
- B62B 5/0003: {Adaptations for loading in or on a vehicle}
- B62B 2203/073: sliding in a horizontal plane
- B62B 2203/74: rolling means, e.g. rollers
- B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M)

## Abstract

A shopping cart which can be completely loaded inside a vehicle trunk and unloaded in the same way, without taking objects out of the basket at any time, is disclosed. The main purpose of this design is to facilitate the transport of groceries or other objects from a store to a vehicle and later to a final destination (e.g., pantry). The main parts of the invention comprises a basket with four or more wheels which are located on a structure with foldable legs, and a sliding support system that makes a track for the basket so it can slide completely inside vehicle trunks. This sliding system permits the cart structure and its legs to go inside a vehicle trunk, under the basket with groceries or any other objects.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shopping cart designed for vehicle trunks comprised of a basket provided with four or more casters and a handle integral with a cart, comprising a retractable sliding support system which enables the basket and the cart to go all the way into a vehicle trunk, characterized in that the casters on the basket slide inside the retractable sliding support system made up by structure sliding supports, intermediate sliding supports and external sliding supports, thus enabling the basket to go all the way into a vehicle trunk when a pair of outer legs and inner legs are folded inside the structure sliding supports, wherein
the structure sliding supports are fitted to and slide through the intermediate sliding supports and the intermediate sliding supports, in their turn, are fitted to and slide through the external sliding supports;
the structure sliding supports are formed by foldable outer legs and inner legs so that they can fit into a frame made up by the structure sliding supports;
wheels and pivot arms are shaped to interconnect the structure sliding supports; and
external sliding supports are linked by a bar.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shopping cart designed for vehicle trunks according to claim 1, characterized in that the structure sliding supports, intermediate sliding supports, and external sliding supports are provided with casters or drawers.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shopping cart designed for vehicle trunks according to claim 1, characterized in that the sliding support system and the legs of the cart can be folded up to facilitate the cart's storage and enable it to be transported as a handbag; the sliding support system and basket being one side of the handbag cover and the legs of the cart making up the handbag's other cover.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The shopping cart designed for vehicle trunks according to claim 1, characterized in that the external sliding supports slide outside the intermediate sliding supports and the intermediate sliding supports, in their turn, slide outside the structure sliding supports and the basket slides through the sliding support system;
the pivot arms retract so that the pair of outer legs and inner legs are folded up and arranged inside the frame made up by the structure sliding supports; and
the sliding support system, made up by the structure sliding supports and the pair of outer legs and inner legs slides, slides inside the intermediate sliding supports and, along with those, slide inside the external sliding support.