Patents by Inventor Kjeld Thorsen

Kjeld Thorsen 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).

  • Means for the storing of carts such as shopping carts
    Patent number: 4576274
    Abstract: A system for the disposition of shopping carts including at least one storage area for carts, which are intended to be removed and returned from the storage area by users. Each storing area has at least one gate in an outlet passage to permit a cart to pass therethrough only if a deposit is received and a gate in an inlet passage to permit cart to pass therethrough if identified as authorized, in which event the deposit is repayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Cart-O-Matic Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Kjeld Thorsen