Patents by Inventor Dieter STÖCKLE

Dieter STÖCKLE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140513
    Abstract: A shopping cart comprises a chassis, wheels, and a basket. The chassis includes a base frame and support masts extending upwardly from the base frame. The wheels are coupled to the chassis. The basket is supported by the support masts to extend over the chassis, wherein the basket defines a compartment for selectively storing items. The base frame defines an exterior facing surface having a bumper extending outwardly away from a remainder of the exterior facing surface providing a buffer of space between an exterior bumper surface and a remainder of the base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC
    Inventors: Sara L. Pedersen, Alex K. Poniatowski, Hermann Eichele, Stefan Remmele, Dieter Stöckle, Thomas Gasche, Peter Irlbacher, Johann Daminger, William Kiser
  • Publication number: 20240140511
    Abstract: A shopping cart includes a wheeled base, two support masts, a basket, and a gate. The two support masts are coupled to and extend upwardly from the wheeled base. The basket is coupled to the two support masts and extends over the wheeled base to define a compartment having a rear opening. The gate includes a primary panel and a child seat. The primary panel is rotatable between a first position, covering the rear opening, and a second position extending above the compartment. The child seat extends from a front surface of the primary panel and into the compartment when the primary panel is in the first position. The child seat comprises a bottom panel, a back, and side panels. The bottom panel and opposing side panels collectively form a child seat surround extending from a first side of the primary panel to a second side of the primary panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC
    Inventors: Sara L. Pedersen, Alex K. Poniatowski, Hermann Eichele, Stefan Remmele, Dieter Stöckle, Thomas Gasche, Peter Irlbacher, Johann Daminger, William Kiser
  • Publication number: 20240132132
    Abstract: A shopping cart is configured to roll along a supporting surface and includes a chassis, a basket, a rear leg, a rear wheel, and a rotational brake. The basket is supported above the chassis. The rear leg extends downwardly from the chassis. The rear wheel is rotatably coupled to the rear leg and is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The rear wheel defines an outside perimeter configured to contact and roll along the supporting surface. A rotational brake is coupled to the rear leg and extending radially away from the rotational axis in a rearward and downward direction beyond an outside perimeter of the rear wheel. The rotational brake is configured to impede rotation of the chassis and the basket about the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC
    Inventors: Sara L. Pedersen, Alex K. Poniatowski, Hermann Eichele, Stefan Remmele, Dieter Stöckle, Thomas Gasche, Peter Irlbacher, Johann Daminger, William Kiser
  • Publication number: 20240132130
    Abstract: A shopping cart for use in forming a horizontal stack of shopping carts that includes a support frame, a basket, and a lifting fender. The support frame includes a chassis and support masts extending substantially vertically from the chassis. The chassis is coupled to front wheels and rear wheels and includes a rear cross bar extending across the chassis. The basket is supported by the support masts over the chassis and defines a compartment. The lifting fender is formed separately from the support frame and is selectively coupled to an underside of the rear cross bar. The lifting fender defines a lift section extending below the rear cross bar and defines a bottom surface configured to be the initial contact point for a second, rear shopping cart when the horizontal stack of shopping carts is formed decreasing contact between the second, rear shopping cart and the rear cross bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC
    Inventors: Sara L. Pedersen, Alex K. Poniatowski, Hermann Eichele, Stefan Remmele, Dieter Stöckle, Thomas Gasche, Peter Irlbacher, Johann Daminger, William Kiser
  • Patent number: 11046346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a push handle unit, in particular a multi-piece push handle unit, comprising at least one first and at least one second end piece, each end piece having at least one self-supporting grip unit that rises up, at least one horizontal attachment piece, at least one arcuate corner node, and at least one fastening device for fastening the respective end piece to a transport cart guided by hand, the self-supporting grip unit that rises up consisting at least of one grip unit receptacle (26) and at least of one grip unit insert, the horizontal attachment piece and the grip unit receptacle being formed on the arcuate corner node in such a way that a continuous transition between the horizontal attachment piece and the grip unit is formed by means of the arcuate corner node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: WANZL GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Thomas Gasche, Dieter Stöckle, Aleksandar Tatic, Patrick Heutschi
  • Patent number: 10577007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a push handle unit having at least one transverse strut and having two end pieces which in the assembled state are arranged at the ends of the transverse strut and have a device for fastening to a manually movable transport trolley, wherein the push handle unit has a free-standing, projecting gripping unit on each of the two end pieces. The gripping unit consists in each case at least of a gripping unit receptacle and of a gripping unit insert, and a gripping unit is formed on each end piece. The invention further relates to a manually movable transport trolley having such a push handle unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gasche, Dieter Stöckle, Aleksandar Tatic
  • Publication number: 20190329810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a push handle unit, in particular a multi-piece push handle unit, comprising at least one first and at least one second end piece, each end piece having at least one self-supporting grip unit that rises up, at least one horizontal attachment piece, at least one arcuate corner node, and at least one fastening device for fastening the respective end piece to a transport cart guided by hand, the self-supporting grip unit that rises up consisting at least of one grip unit receptacle (26) and at least of one grip unit insert, the horizontal attachment piece and the grip unit receptacle being formed on the arcuate corner node in such a way that a continuous transition between the horizontal attachment piece and the grip unit is formed by means of the arcuate corner node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas GASCHE, Dieter STÖCKLE, Aleksandar TATIC, Patrick HEUTSCHI
  • Patent number: 10266190
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container having a base and a peripheral lateral wall which adjoins the base. The base and the lateral wall delimit an inner region of the container, and the container is designed in a rollable manner. The container additionally has a pull handle with a guide rail and a handle, and a guide tunnel is provided in a region of the lateral wall for guiding and at least partly receiving the guide rail of the pull handle. The guide rail has at least one latching element which is lifted out of an outer surface of the guide rail and prevents the guide rail from being completely pulled out of the guide tunnel in the assembled state of the pull handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Stoeckle, Paul Ruf
  • Publication number: 20180043915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container having a base and a peripheral lateral wall which adjoins the base. The base and the lateral wall delimit an inner region of the container, and the container is designed in a rollable manner. The container additionally has a pull handle with a guide rail and a handle, and a guide tunnel is provided in a region of the lateral wall for guiding and at least partly receiving the guide rail of the pull handle. The guide rail has at least one latching element which is lifted out of an outer surface of the guide rail and prevents the guide rail from being completely pulled out of the guide tunnel in the assembled state of the pull handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Dieter STOECKLE, Paul RUF
  • Patent number: D929065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: WANZL GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Thomas Gasche, Dieter Stoeckle