US3191956A
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Wheeled shopping cart or basket
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-05-10
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Granted: 1965-06-29
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Expires: 1983-05-10
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Rizzuto Anthony
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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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.
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| 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 |