Abstract: A plastic shopping cart is disclosed. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, all of the components of a shopping cart are formed from a moldable material such as, for example, a thermoplastic resin by means of an injection molding process or the like. The shopping cart is configured so that any metallic parts that are used to connect the various plastic components together are shielded from the ambient environment. This virtually eliminates any rusting and corrosion of any metallic parts that are used to connect the various components of the shopping cart together.

Abstract: A stackable, vehicle-shaped, pushcart designed for transporting small children and cargo that can be stacked with a plurality of other pushcarts in a small confined space. The pushcart includes a lightweight frame assembly, an upward extending handle assembly, and a pivoting vehicle-shaped body. The vehicle-shaped body is disposed horizontally over the frame assembly and pivots upward on its rear section around a support member. The frame assembly is designed to be horizontally stacked with longitudinally aligned adjacent pushcarts when the body is disposed vertically. The frame assembly includes two front caster wheels and two rear large diameter wheels. The vehicle-shaped body includes a fully extending floor and has a unique outer shape thereby enabling the body to be vertically aligned so that the pushcart can be slid together and horizontally stacked in a compact manner with other similar pushcarts.

Abstract: A modified shopping cart for holding large, long and bulky items, such as building materials and the like, that will not fit inside the open top basket of a standard shopping cart or rest on top of the cart. The modified shopping cart includes a cart frame having a top, opposite sides and a bottom. On the bottom of the cart frame are mounted on a plurality of caster wheels. The cart frame also includes a frame platform for resting small items thereon. The shopping cart also includes an open top basket disposed above the frame platform. The basket is made of heavy gauge wire. The open top basket includes a first side, a second side, a front, a rear with handle and a bottom. The bottom of the basket is mounted on the top of the cart frame. In one embodiment of the invention, a large item carrier attached to the front of open top basket. The large item carrier includes a mounting plate with a pair of spaced apart horizontal carrier arms with openings therein.

Abstract: A combined shopping cart stroller having cargo carrying and passenger carrying capabilities is provided. The shopping cart stroller comprises a frame supported on wheels for rolling movement, a seat mounted to the frame and being shiftable between an unfolded position in which the seat is positioned to support the passenger and a folded position in which the folded seat defines a portion of a forward cargo area, a rearward cargo area defined by a rearward portion of the frame, and a lower cargo area defined by a lower portion of the frame.

Abstract: A stock cart including a dolly frame configured to be nested with each other and including a connecting member and two end members, the connecting member connecting the two end members to form an H configuration, a plurality of free casters provided on the two end members, at least one stationary caster provided on a bottom surface of a substantially intermediate portion of the connecting member of the dolly frame, the at least one stationary caster being configured to form an imaginary plane in contact with ground with ones of the free casters on each one of the two end members pivotally, wherein one of the two end members is configured to extend respective ones of the free casters thereon downwardly such that the respective ones of the free casters form the imaginary plane with ones of the free casters on the other one of the two members.

Abstract: The invention concerns a trolley basket for self-service shop comprising a base, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls on the right and on the left, said basket being characterised in that the front part includes: a lower wall co-operating through translational guide means (11) with the base (5) of the rear part; slender elements (14A) which, forming two parallel lateral sides, have their proximal ends guided in translation with the side wall (8) concerned and their other distal ends curved in the plane of the front wall to co-operate with translational guide means (13) borne by a support (12), thereby forming the front wall.

Abstract: The present invention is a fork lift attachment for lifting Stackable Open Front Grocery and Goods Bins with Air Cushion Mobility. It can be equipped with wheels to function as a stand alone cart.

Abstract: A shopping cart, which is nestable with a similar cart preceding it for storage, comprises a wheeled chassis, a handle structure, a basket having a front wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls, and a rear gate mounted so as to be pivotable. When the basket of the shopping cart is pushed into the basket of the preceding cart, the rear gate of the preceding cart is pivoted into an elevated position. In the elevated position, unless the rear gate of the preceding cart rests on the upper edges of both side walls of the basket being pushed thereinto, the rear gate of the preceding cart rests on the upper edge of one side wall of the basket being pushed thereinto but one corner of the rear gate of the preceding cart, near the side wall that is opposite, can drop into the basket of the shopping cart.

Abstract: The present invention is a shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, it includes a bottom frame with a plurality of wheels connected thereto, a vertical support connected to the bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket. The basket has a rigid bottom, an open top, a front, and a back, and two side walls. Each of the side walls includes at least one top member connected to the front and the back. The side walls, front and back, each establish corners where they connect to one another, and these corners include at least one substantially vertical rigid member. The side walls each include a flexible, elastically expandable member connected to the top member and elsewhere to the basket. The flexible, elastically expandable member may be open mesh or sheet, and may be a partial panel. Optionally the flexible, elastically expandable material may be included in the front of the cart.

Abstract: Place active and dynamic electronic displays in front of shopping carts to attract customer attention. Content of these active displays can be changed quickly and easily. Information from central or local computer is transmitted through base stations to the display units using wireless technology. The computer uses an integrated software solution to manage and support signage management. The electronic displays have unique addresses therefore the system allows for transmission of information to single display units or groups of units. Display units may also store a set of pre-transmitted messages. Battery and power generator coupled to cart's wheel provide power to display units, eliminating need of battery replacement.

Abstract: A shopping cart, which is nestable with a similar cart preceding it for storage, comprises a wheeled chassis, a handle structure, a basket having a front wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls, and a rear gate mounted so as to be pivotable. When the basket of the shopping cart is pushed into the basket of the preceding cart, the rear gate of the preceding cart is pivoted into an elevated position. In the elevated position, unless the rear gate of the preceding cart rests on the upper edges of both side walls of the basket being pushed thereinto, the rear gate of the preceding cart rests on the upper edge of one side wall of the basket being pushed thereinto but one corner of the rear gate of the preceding cart, near the side wall that is opposite, can drop into the basket of the shopping cart.

Abstract: A plastic shopping cart is disclosed. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, all of the components of a shopping cart are formed from a moldable material such as, for example, a thermoplastic resin by means of an injection molding process or the like. The shopping cart is configured so that any metallic parts that are used to connect the various plastic components together are shielded from the ambient environment. This virtually eliminates any rusting and corrosion of any metallic parts that are used to connect the various components of the shopping cart together.

Abstract: An improved shopping cart with a floating basket is disclosed. The basket is moveable in response to downward and/or lateral forces applied against the basket. The ability of the basket to move in response to such forces reduces the tendency for the shopping cart to tip over. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the shopping cart basket moves downward as the basket is loaded. In another embodiment, the shopping cart basket pivots upon application of a lateral force to the basket. A further embodiment combines both the vertical movement and pivoting movement of the basket.

Abstract: A pliable or rigid web securely suspended across a shopping cart to suspend small, delicate and fragile items above the basket of a shopping cart.

Abstract: In a cart and a carrier for medical equipment, the carrier has a bottom section and a back section and a pair of wheels and is arranged on an axle at the junction between the bottom section and the back section. The axle functions as a pivot axle and the back section as a lever for lifting the entire bottom section off the floor when the carrier is moved. Smooth and convenient interaction between the cart and carrier is achieved because the cart has a receiving part and a first locking part, and the carrier has a coupling arrangement and a second locking part. The coupling arrangement can be inserted into the receiving part and serves as a pivot axle for the carrier. The carrier locks to the cart when the second locking part is moved toward the first locking part when the carrier is lifted around the pivot axle.

Abstract: The present invention is a shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, it includes a bottom frame with a plurality of wheels connected thereto, a vertical support connected to the bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket. The basket has a rigid bottom, an open top, a front and a back, and two side walls. Each of the side walls includes at least one top member connected to the front and the back, and further includes a flexible, elastically expandable member connected to the top member and elsewhere to the basket. The flexible, elastically expandable member may be open mesh or sheet, and may be a partial panel. Optionally the flexible, elastically expandable material may be included in the front of the cart.

Abstract: A new and improved shopping cart collection vehicle, system, adapter, or device is disclosed for use in collecting, transporting, and storing various types of carts, carriers, or the like. The vehicle may additionally include hydraulic lifters, lights, a slip clutch, an extendable carrying arm, carrying boom, a carrying ram, secondary support rods, rear cart retrieval, holding pins, holding bumps, holding numbs, rollbars, a windshield, an operator weather cover, removable cover, doors, side windows, and back window, and/or the like. In another embodiment of the invention, a cart trailer includes a floor, side rails, loading ramp, holding pin, trailer hitch, and chain lock connector. An improved method of collecting shopping carts is disclosed wherein a shopping cart collection vehicle is used to pickup the shopping carts and return them to the store.

Abstract: A wheelchair is configured to be nestable and constructed such that, upon being unested is substantially directly ready for use. An assembly of at least two wheelchairs, wherein the wheelchairs in a nested condition occupy considerably less space than in unnested condition, while upon being unnested, an unnested wheelchair is configured for receiving a person without manually adjusting the seat configuration of the wheelchair.

Abstract: A method for facilitating movement of a plurality of nested trollies (including a leading trolley and a trailing trolley), the method comprising the steps of connecting an adjustable ratchet-type tension mechanism between the leading and trailing trolleys, and actuating the tension mechanism so as to produce a preselected tension between the leading and trailing trolleys to thereby hold the nested trolleys tightly together. In the preferred embodiment, the preselected tension is sufficient to upwardly the leading and trailing trolleys off of the ground surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible compartment of a shopping cart. The collapsible compartment includes a swinging rear wall and fixed side walls of the shopping cart and a pivoting assembly. The pivoting assembly comprises a pivoting base wall having a first edge for pivot connection to the swinging rear wall and a second edge opposite the first edge. It further comprises a pivoting front wall having a first edge for pivot connection between the side walls of the shopping cart, and a second edge, opposite the first edge thereof, pivotally connected to the second edge of the pivoting base wall. The compartment further includes a pivoting panel assembly having a panel pivotable between a first position where the panel rests over the base wall and a second position where the panel is covering leg holes in the swinging rear wall, and an out of reach spring element to urge the panel in the second position.

Abstract: A motor-assisted hand-movable cart that can have an identical cart inserted into it in a space-saving manner, whereby the cart is provided with: a drive chassis having two front casters and two back casters; a pushing device; a storage device for goods; a support section below the storage device, on which is disposed at least one running wheel that is located between the two front and the two back casters, and an electromotor drive unit, this drive unit driving the at least one running wheel; and a power source for supplying the electromotor drive unit located in a space not required by a further pushcart to be inserted into the pushcart during the insertion process.

Abstract: The present invention would be a collapsible shopping cart fabricated from plastic or metal. The front and rear sides of the shopping cart of the present invention would be connected to a lower frame at pivot points, allowing the sides to fold down against the lower frame as needed. Four wheels would also be attached to this lower frame. One side of the cart would be curved or rounded at its top, serving as the cart's push handle, with a cross member support bar attached between the outer support arms. The other side of the cart would have additional horizontal support arms attached to the pivot points at the top of its outer support arms, with these horizontal support arms having incorporated hooks at their ends that would allow the horizontal supports to be secured to the cross member support bar on the opposite side of the cart, creating the cart's upper support frame.

Abstract: A nestable wheelchair of the type in which a seat portion of one chair can be slid underneath the seat portion of a next adjacent chair, for nesting, and having side frames supporting the seat, the side frames being further apart at the rear and closer together at the front of the chair, and, a rear support frame extending upwardly and downwardly behind the side frame, the rear support frame having a handle at the upper end for pushing the chair, lower bracing frames extending from forward extensions of the side frames to the rear support frame, with their forward width spacing being less than their rearward width spacing, forward wheels mounted on the forward ends of said lower bracing frames, and rearward wheels mounted on rearward portions of the lower bracing frames, longitudinal bars extending parallel to the lower bracing frames at a predetermined height, permitting forward portions of a rearward chair to be inserted beneath the bar of a nest adjacent forward chair, and providing a lifting action so as

Abstract: A method of molding components of a shopping cart using high or low pressure molding processes. The molding processes eliminate sink marks in plastic components of the shopping cart while providing structural integrity thereto. The processes used to mold the components of the shopping cart can create either or both a center channel in the molded components and/or a plurality of voids within the molded components. If hollow channels are formed in the molded components then the plurality of voids will be formed in the walls of such molded component if both processes are used together. The processes used to form the molded components are either (i) a gas assist process which provides a laminar stream of blowing agent into the stream of molten resin after the molten resin is forced into a partially filled mold or (ii) a structural foam molding process which provides a blowing agent blended into the molten resin prior to the molten resin being forced into the mold.

Abstract: A shopping cart including a basket and a basket support frame on which the basket is mounted. The basket support frame includes a base frame mounted on a pair of rear wheel assemblies and a pair of front wheel assemblies. The base frame has a front framing member defining the front end of the base frame and two side framing members, the front framing member forming a corner with each side framing member. The basket support frame further includes a mounting plate associated with each front wheel assembly to securely mount the same onto a respective corner of the base frame, each mounting plate having one side secured to the front framing member of the base frame and another side secured to the corresponding side framing member. These plates enable the front wheel assemblies to be securely, easily and inexpensively mounted to the base frame of the shopping cart.

Abstract: A cart for heavy folding tables facilitates the loading, folding, erection, and unloading of one or more conventional folding tables therefrom, by a single person without substantial effort by the person performing the operation. The present cart includes a table receiving bed at such a height that a table tipped with its lower edge resting upon the base is slightly overbalanced toward the lower edge, with nearly all of the weight of the table still resting upon its lower two legs. The base of the cart includes a series of ridges forming pairs of notches for holding the lower edge of tables placed thereon.

Abstract: A cart pulling system for pulling a line of nested carts including a reelable retaining cord mechanism and a hitch to engage the line of nested carts. The reelable retaining cord mechanism is a dual spindle system which is attached to a motorized cart-puller. Attached to the spindles is a retaining cord which extends around and engages the line of nested carts. The retaining cord is preferably slidable with respect to the nested carts to prevent the line of nested carts from binding when they turn. A hitch is also attached to the motorized cart-puller and has a set of stationary jaws and set of movable jaws which slidably engage the line of nested carts.

Abstract: A transport truck that can be used to safely move various articles of furniture, including heavy stacks of differently configured chairs from one location to another. The transport truck includes specially configured article support members and assemblies that can be affixed to the base of the transport truck to safely transport various kinds of furniture from auditoriums, conference rooms and like to storage areas.

Abstract: A flat bed cart has a flat, wheeled platform with a front end and a rear end, and an upwardly extending handle frame extending upwardly from the rear end of the platform. The platform has a forward, fixed deck portion and a rear, liftable deck portion having a forward end hinged to the fixed deck portion for rotation about a first horizontal hinge axis extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the platform. The rear deck portion is movable between a first position co-planar with the forward deck portion for use in transporting items supported on the platform, and a second, raised position when another cart is nested into the rear end of the platform.

Abstract: A new and improved shopping cart collection vehicle, system, adapter, or device is disclosed for use in collecting, transporting, and storing various types of carts, carriers, or the like. The vehicle may additionally include hydraulic lifters, lights, a slip clutch, an extendable carrying arm, carrying boom, a carrying ram, secondary support rods, rear cart retrieval, holding pins, holding bumps, holding numbs, rollbars, a windshield, an operator weather cover, removable cover, doors, side windows, and back window, and/or the like. In another embodiment of the invention, a cart trailer includes a floor, side rails, loading ramp, holding pin, trailer hitch, and chain lock connector. An improved method of collecting shopping carts is disclosed wherein a shopping cart collection vehicle is used to pickup the shopping carts and return them to the store.