Patents by Inventor Franz Wieth

Franz Wieth 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).

  • Shell for the pushing handle of a trolley
    Patent number: 8650715
    Abstract: A shell for a handle tube of a shopping cart or trolley. The shell has improved properties compared with a conventional, round, simple shell and has zones made of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Transport car with anti-theft protection
    Patent number: 8632081
    Abstract: A transport car with rollers, all of which are steerable, for which an activatable anti-theft protection is provided. With the anti-theft protection, two or more of the rollers may be fixed in a predetermined steering position whereby the angle which the rollers are fixed at relative to a longitudinal axis of the transport cart is different between the two or more rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: SYSTEC POS-Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
  • Immobilizer for shopping carts
    Patent number: 8629765
    Abstract: To generally prevent people from being able to take out and move shopping carts from shopping cart parking areas at times when the store is not open, the blocking devices on the shopping carts are activated when the shopping carts are parked in shopping cart parking areas when the store is not open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • PUSH HANDLE FOR A TRANSPORT CART
    Publication number: 20130305486
    Abstract: A push handle for a transport cart that is movable by hand has a fastening element for fastening the push handle to a handle support arm of the transport cart. The fastening element defines an at least substantially transversely extending fastening axis for a grip part. The longitudinal axis of the grip part is arranged substantially perpendicular to the fastening shaft. The grip part is rotatably mounted about the fastening axis, and the grip part is fixable in at least one position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Restraint device for children
    Patent number: 8511755
    Abstract: A flat housing (1) holds a belt (4) which can be extended against the force of a spring, the belt being blocked to further extension as soon as the belt clasp (3) is situated in the belt buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • IMMOBILIZER FOR SHOPPING CARTS
    Publication number: 20130043662
    Abstract: To generally prevent people from being able to take out and move shopping carts from shopping cart parking areas at times when the store is not open, the blocking devices on the shopping carts are activated when the shopping carts are parked in shopping cart parking areas when the store is not open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: HORST SONNENDORFER, FRANZ WIETH
  • Immobilizer for shopping carts
    Patent number: 8314690
    Abstract: To generally prevent people from being able to take out and move shopping carts from shopping cart parking areas at times when the store is not open, the blocking devices on the shopping carts are activated when the shopping carts are parked in shopping cart parking areas when the store is not open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • RESTRAINING BELT FOR CHILDREN IN A SHOPPING CART
    Publication number: 20120234999
    Abstract: A restraining belt for children in a shopping cart is disposed in a housing. The housing is fastened on the shopping cart. A fastening element is provided by way of which a lattice bar of the shopping cart is enclosed in a U-shape. The fastening element has clip-like protrusions extending between the individual lattice bars and the clip-like protrusions have grooves and edges of the housing engage in the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
  • Immobilizer
    Patent number: 8167095
    Abstract: Immobilizer for shopping trolleys, wherein the castor angle of the steering rollers when the immobilizer is activated is equal to zero, as a result of which the steering rollers can set themselves stochastically to an oblique or transverse position with respect to the direction of travel, making the shopping trolley much more difficult to push.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Display element for attaching advertising to the handle of a shopping cart
    Patent number: 8136275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display element for attaching advertising to the handle of a shopping cart or the like. The display element includes a base body having a recess for inserting advertising media in a flat manner and fastening elements for fastening the display element on the handle bar, or the handle bar mounts, of a shopping cart. The display element is made of half shell-shaped parts, which in the joined state surround the handle bar, or the handle bar mount, in the shape of an enclosed box profile. The half shell-shaped parts are non-positively or positively connected to the handle bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D670060
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D670061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D670062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D670063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Magnifier
    Patent number: D674425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D681303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D688435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D688844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D690071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Shopping cart handle
    Patent number: D690485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth