Patents by Inventor Lonnie W. Wright

Lonnie W. Wright 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).

  • Plastic basket
    Patent number: 5289936
    Abstract: A shopping cart comprises a wheeled chassis, a handle structure including two handle uprights, and a plastic basket comprising separate side, front, and bottom panel members molded from a suitable plastic and assembled without any need for an interior frame. The side and front panel members have tabs. The front and bottom panel members have slots. The tabs are received by the slots to assemble the panel members. A rim wire has side portions received by wire-receiving formations of near top edge portions of the side panel members and a bight portion bearing against a top edge portion of the front panel member. The side portions are bent to form prongs inserted into apertures in the handle uprights to position the basket before the basket is fastened to the handle uprights and to the wheeled chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: UNR Industires, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Jones, Lonnie W. Wright
  • Shopping cart having plastic basket
    Patent number: 5255930
    Abstract: A shopping cart comprises a wheeled chassis, a handle structure including two handle uprights, and a plastic basket comprising separate side, front, and bottom panel members molded from a suitable plastic and assembled without any need for an interior frame. The side and front panel members have tabs. The front and bottom panel members have slots. The tabs are received by the slots to assemble the panel members. A rim wire has side portions received by wire-receiving formations of near top edge portions of the side panel members and a bight portion bearing against a top edge portion of the front panel member. The side portions are bent to form prongs inserted into apertures in the handle uprights to position the basket before the basket is fastened to the handle uprights and to the wheeled chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: UNR Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Jones, Lonnie W. Wright
  • Luggage cart wheel
    Patent number: D353090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: UNR Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Lonnie W. Wright
  • Luggage cart wheel
    Patent number: D365511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: UNR Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Lonnie W. Wright