Patents Assigned to Scandinavian Airlines Systems
  • Patent number: 6106084
    Abstract: A catering cart whose height is substantially greater than its width and its length, particularly a catering cart for use in confined spaces, such as the aisles of passenger aircraft and railway diners. The cart is provided with four wheels, at least two of which are castor wheels, and the cart is constructed to receive goods that can be stacked vertically in the cart. An insert whose height is substantially equal to half the internal height of the cart is mounted in the cart and can move vertically from a lower position in the bottom half of the cart to an upper position in the upper half of the cart, wherein goods can be inserted into or removed from the insert through an access opening provided in one side of the cart, when the insert is in its upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Scandinavian Airline System
    Inventors: Lars Hojgaard Thogersen, Nils Toft
  • Patent number: 5979917
    Abstract: A catering cart that includes a brake arrangement and has a height which is substantially greater than its width and length, particularly a catering cart for use in confined spaces, such as the aisles of passenger aircraft and railway diners, wherein the cart is adapted for connection to another similar cart and is provided with four wheels, of which at least two can be locked with the aid of a toothed rack that can be swung into engagement with a toothed wheel fixedly mounted on a respective wheel and which is maneuverable with the aid of a pedal located on the serving side of the cart, through the medium of a brake rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Scandinavian Airline Systems
    Inventors: Lars Hojgaard Thogersen, Nils Toft
  • Patent number: 5947494
    Abstract: A catering cart whose height is substantially greater than its width and its length, and particularly a catering cart for use in confined spaces, such as in the aisles of passenger aircraft and railway diners. The cart is supported on four wheels, at least two of which are castor wheels, and has an access opening on one side thereof. Two such carts can be mutually coupled with the sides opposite the access openings facing towards one another, with the aid of mutually identical coupling devices on each respective cart. Each of the coupling devices can be operated from that side of the cart which presents the access opening. The opposite side of the cart includes an overhang such that prior to coupling the carts together a gap is provided in the bottom region of the back-to-back cart combination in the vicinity of the coupling devices, this gap being brought to zero when the carts are coupled together, such that the carts will be supported in a sloping position solely by the outer pairs of wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Scandinavian Airlines Systems
    Inventors: Lars Hojgaard Thogersen, Nils Toft