← Back to Patent Explorer
US3191956A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Wheeled shopping cart or basket

Assignee: Individual
•
Filing: 1963-05-10
•
Granted: 1965-06-29
•
Expires: 1983-05-10
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Rizzuto Anthony

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 08:11
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B3/00; B62B3/02; B62B3/027; B62B5/00; B62B5/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 272 words
A SHOPPING CART COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE BODY HAVING A BACK AND A CONSTRUCTION JOINED TO AND LYING FORWARDLY OF THE BACK AND INCLUDING A BOTTOM, A TRANSVERSE REAR AXLE FORMING A BOTTOM PART OF SAID BACK, REAR WHEELS ON SAID AXLE, SAID BACK INCLUDING TRANSVERSELY SPACED MEMBERS FORMING CORNER VERTICALS OF THE RECEPTACLE, AN ELONGATE INVERTED SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED HANDLE HAVING SIDE BARS AND AN UPPER END CROSS BAR, SAID HANDLE STRADDLING THE CONSTRUCTION AND EXTENDING AT AN INCLINATION FROM THE TOP PART OF SASID BACK DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY, MEANS COUPLING THE HANDLE SIDE BARS TO SAID CONSTRUCTION AT THE TOP REAR PORTION OF THE LATTER, OTHER MEANS COUPLING THE HANDLE SIDE BARS TO SAID CONSTRUCTION AT THE BOTTOM FORWARD PART OF THE LATTER, AND FRONT WHEELS OF MATERIALLY SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID REAR WHEELS AND OPERATIVELY ATTACHED TO SAID CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAID BOTTOM FORWARD PART THEREOF, THE SAID CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED INDIVIDUAL, ONE PIECE RIBS EACH HAVING SIDE RAILS AND A CROSS CONNECTING FRONT RAIL, SAID SIDE RAILS OF SAID RIBS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT THEIR REAR ENDS TO SAID CORNER VERTICALS OF THE BACK FOR VERTICAL SWINGING, THE BOTTOM FORMING ONE OF SAID RIBS HAVING AN ARTICLE SUPPORTING MIDDLE PORTION CONNECTED WITH THE FRONT AND SIDE RAILS THEREOF, THE FIRST SAID COUPLING MEANS BEING PIVOTAL AND BEING BETWEEN THE HANDLEBARS AND THE SIDE RAILS OF THE UPPERMOST ONE OF SAID RIBS AND THE OUTER SAID COUPLING MEANS BEING A SLIDING MEANS MOVABLE ALONG THE HANDLEBARS FOR FACILITATING PIVOTALLY SWINGING THE U-SHAPED RIBS RELATIVE TO SAID CORNER VERTICALS INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FOLDED OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 272 words
A SHOPPING CART COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE BODY HAVING A BACK AND A CONSTRUCTION JOINED TO AND LYING FORWARDLY OF THE BACK AND INCLUDING A BOTTOM, A TRANSVERSE REAR AXLE FORMING A BOTTOM PART OF SAID BACK, REAR WHEELS ON SAID AXLE, SAID BACK INCLUDING TRANSVERSELY SPACED MEMBERS FORMING CORNER VERTICALS OF THE RECEPTACLE, AN ELONGATE INVERTED SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED HANDLE HAVING SIDE BARS AND AN UPPER END CROSS BAR, SAID HANDLE STRADDLING THE CONSTRUCTION AND EXTENDING AT AN INCLINATION FROM THE TOP PART OF SASID BACK DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY, MEANS COUPLING THE HANDLE SIDE BARS TO SAID CONSTRUCTION AT THE TOP REAR PORTION OF THE LATTER, OTHER MEANS COUPLING THE HANDLE SIDE BARS TO SAID CONSTRUCTION AT THE BOTTOM FORWARD PART OF THE LATTER, AND FRONT WHEELS OF MATERIALLY SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID REAR WHEELS AND OPERATIVELY ATTACHED TO SAID CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAID BOTTOM FORWARD PART THEREOF, THE SAID CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED INDIVIDUAL, ONE PIECE RIBS EACH HAVING SIDE RAILS AND A CROSS CONNECTING FRONT RAIL, SAID SIDE RAILS OF SAID RIBS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT THEIR REAR ENDS TO SAID CORNER VERTICALS OF THE BACK FOR VERTICAL SWINGING, THE BOTTOM FORMING ONE OF SAID RIBS HAVING AN ARTICLE SUPPORTING MIDDLE PORTION CONNECTED WITH THE FRONT AND SIDE RAILS THEREOF, THE FIRST SAID COUPLING MEANS BEING PIVOTAL AND BEING BETWEEN THE HANDLEBARS AND THE SIDE RAILS OF THE UPPERMOST ONE OF SAID RIBS AND THE OUTER SAID COUPLING MEANS BEING A SLIDING MEANS MOVABLE ALONG THE HANDLEBARS FOR FACILITATING PIVOTALLY SWINGING THE U-SHAPED RIBS RELATIVE TO SAID CORNER VERTICALS INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FOLDED OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US252431A Cited
US2576356A Cited
US2590048A Cited
US2715936A Cited
US2920900A Cited
US3074734A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-06-28 1968-12-28 1969-06-29 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-06-28 1972-12-28 1973-06-29 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-06-28 1976-12-28 1977-06-29 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag