Patents by Inventor Herman Avren

Herman Avren has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Shopping cart caddy
    Patent number: 5791669
    Abstract: A wheeled caddy for transporting a row of nested shopping carts. The caddy includes a cage for receiving the front end of the first shopping cart in the row. A tether extends from the caddy and adapted to be attached to the last cart in the row. The caddy has a normally engaged brake, and a handle operatively engaged to the brake and normally biased to a neutral position in which the brake is engaged, but which, when pulled to move the caddy, disengages the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventors: James L. Broddon, Lawrence Glass, Herman Avren