With Means Facilitating Unloading Patents (Class 280/33.995)
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Patent number: 11235796Abstract: Infant carriers are stably supported and transported by being positioned on a frame set on wheels. The frame may include an infant carrier holder with a floor with a ramp and sidewalls. The infant carrier holder may be integral with the frame or may be mounted to a mounting device that can be adjusted for mounting angle or height. A handle is provided to the frame at a position that is suitable for a person in a wheelchair to grasp the frame and move the transport. A handle suitable for a standing person to grasp the frame may optionally be provided. The transport permits a person that may have difficulty carrying or transporting an infant carrier to more easily transport the infant carrier in a standing or a seated position, the latter as may be the case with a wheelchair occupant. The transport may be fastened to the wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SAFE-STRAP COMPANY, LLCInventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
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Patent number: 11117604Abstract: A wagon for transporting beach articles and elongated water sport boards has a bed with a peripheral frame with two cross tubes beneath a bottom wall. The frame is carried on front and rear wheel assemblies. Front and rear walls are mounted to the frame, and side walls are adjustably positioned with respect to the frame. Each side wall has two tubular extensible support members which telescope within the frame cross members. When a side wall is positioned outwardly, the extensible support members are positioned to receive a water sport board thereon, such that it extends through front and rear slots defined between the front and rear walls and the extended side wall. A latch is associated with each side wall and actuatable to alternatively secure or release the wall. The latch may be a clamp with an elastomeric plug expandable from an extensible support member withing a cross member.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: The E.A.C.H. Company LLCInventors: Curt Adam Kramer, Blake H. Wagner
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Patent number: 11059507Abstract: The invention relates to a stackable transport trolley, in particular a stackable shopping trolley, comprising a chassis and a basket; the chassis includes a support frame and a frame of rods which is arranged on the support frame, the frame of rods supporting the basket.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: WANZL GMBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Dirk Webert, Johann Daminger, Hermann Eichele, Markus Riesenegger, Ralf Maier, Michael Gerstmaier, Paul Ruf, Karl-Heinz Horn, Georg Wiedemann, Thomas Gasche
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Patent number: 10858026Abstract: A nestable shopping trolley (10) comprising a basket (100) defining an interior space and having a hingable wall (120) formed by a flap (125) having a first horizontal hinge (500) enabling the flap to rotate into the interior space. The nestable shopping trolley (10) also comprises a first shelf 600 having a supporting surface (605), a stowed position and a horizontal position. The nestable shopping trolley (10) also comprises a second horizontal hinge (620) connecting the first shelf 600 to a first side wall (140) of the basket (100), wherein the second horizontal hinge (620) enables movement of the first shelf (600) between the stowed and horizontal positions. The present invention also provides a kit for adapting a basket (100) of a nestable shopping trolley (10) and a method of adapting a basket (100) of a nestable shopping trolley (10).Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: MULTI-LEVEL RETAIL LIMITEDInventors: Mark Robinson, Stuart Barnett
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Patent number: 10081381Abstract: A shopping cart comprises a support seat provided therein with tracks, and a support frame supporting the support seat. The support frame comprises a first support frame and a second support frame disposed across each other and rotatably connected. Bottoms of the first and second support frames are installed with wheels; and tops thereof are installed in and movable along the tracks. When in use, by moving the tops of the first support frame and the second support frame respectively to two ends of the tracks to press against them and placing goods on the support seat, the goods can be carried freely without handbags, greatly saving physical strength and being convenient and efficient; and when not in use, the shopping cart can be folded and placed in a trunk of a vehicle for later use, thus occupying small room due to the small size and being convenient to carry.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Inventor: Fuze Lin
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Patent number: 9573610Abstract: A collapsible trunk-accessible cart includes a basket that is supported by a set of wheels, and which can be rolled forward and backward on the wheels. The wheels are in turn supported by a pair of cantilever horizontal support arms to which both front and rear legs are attached. The front and rear legs can be folded up over respective sides of the basket. The front legs extend forward at an angle to allow some of the lower portions of the front legs to pass under the rear of a vehicle so that the basket can then be moved into the trunk or cargo area of the vehicle. The basket can be rolled forward into the trunk, while a lift assist mechanism retains the legs to the basket, which can then be folded over the sides of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: TRUNKFIT, LLC.Inventors: Pankaj Chaturvedi, Joshua C. Simpson
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Patent number: 9573611Abstract: A collapsible personal shopping cart device includes a rolling frame assembly having a plurality panels that are joined together. A set of wheels extend from the bottom of the frame assembly, and two of the panels include pivoting handle receivers. A telescoping handle assembly is connected to the handle receivers, and a basket assembly is suspended from the handle assembly. The device transitions from an extended position to a fully collapsed position for storage.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Inventor: Kari Coyle
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Patent number: 8505933Abstract: A roll container has a preferably rectangular base with transport rollers mounted on an underside of the base and two opposing side walls are arranged on an upper side of the base. Each of the opposing side walls has a vertical front end strut and a vertical rear end strut, which are connected by means of several horizontally running support struts, with the interior side of each of the vertical front struts lying in a respective vertical reference plane (E-E). The rear end struts may be offset sufficiently inward relative to the respective reference plane (E-E) that another roll container of the same type may be inserted from the front between the side walls of the roll container.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Gebhardt Transport- und Lagersysteme GmbHInventors: Oliver Bernard, Christian Kolnhofer
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Patent number: 8322966Abstract: An open center trailer with spring suspended axles which straddle a detached cargo bed, which was loaded on the ground, said trailer level lifts the cargo bed by pulling said cargo bed up its channel ramps to an elevated transport height, and consequently level lowers and detaches from this load bed at another location. This load may be a cargo utility platform, or an enclosed cargo box, or a horse traveling compartment, or a dump bed, or a highway light, or a traffic speed sign.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Inventor: David Lee Doskocil
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Patent number: 8256777Abstract: There is provided a shopping cart adapted to receive elongated items. The shopping cart includes a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion. A plurality of wheels are connected to the lower portion of the frame. The shopping cart includes an upper basket attached to the upper portion of the frame and a lower basket attached to the lower portion of the frame. The upper basket and lower basket are each open at the top and each is formed from a plurality of vertical and horizontal wire segments which form a plurality of windows. The upper basket has a front wall with a slot therein. The slot has a top portion and a bottom portion with the top portion being open so as to receive and retain an elongated item. The bottom portion of the slot extends down at least a portion of the front wall. The lower basket has a back wall with at least one major open for receiving an elongated item.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Technibilt, LtdInventors: Alan Deal, Thomas Collins, Joe Whisnant
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Patent number: 7887068Abstract: A shopping cart having knobs, ridges or other protrusions upon which plastic store bags can be hung by their handles. It may also be thought of as the method of providing such a cart to a shopper or shoppers, and may include the further step, performed by a shopper, of hanging store bags from the protrusions. The invention may also encompass a shopping cart having bag hangers that are positioned and adapted to retain a tray, and the method of positioning a tray on a shopping cart.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Inventor: Jeremy Ferguson
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Patent number: 7766348Abstract: A combination mobile display and shipping device that allows product to be loaded onto the mobile display such that the display can be shipped in a loaded condition. The mobile display includes a product display and a support platform having a plurality of wheels mounted to the bottom surface of the support platform. When the mobile display is received at a retail location, the mobile display can be moved to a desired position through the rolling movement of the plurality of wheels. During shipment, the support platform is securely attached to a shipping pallet designed such that the plurality of wheels are suspended above the ground surface to prevent the rolling movement of the mobile display during shipment. After shipment, the support platform and shipping pallet are separated such that the mobile display can be rolled into a desired location with the product loaded on the display rack.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Great Northern CorporationInventors: Scott McFarland, Andy Kinzelman, Bill Glassen, Patrick Graf
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Patent number: 7681892Abstract: The Invention is a wheeled military vehicle that may be stacked one on top of another for efficient transportation aboard an aircraft such as a helicopter. A tubular frame reinforces the fenders of the military vehicle, allowing a first vehicle to support the weight of a second vehicle and to withstand the load applied by rigging. A pintle hook is connected to the military vehicle by a hinge and has a deployed and a folded position. The hinged pintle hook allows a combination of the military vehicle and a trailer to be shortened selectably so that the combination will occupy a reduced space within the fuselage of an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: American GrowlerInventors: Curtis T. Crews, William R. Crisp
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Patent number: 7673889Abstract: An apparatus for transporting and handling a cargo platform is provided. The apparatus includes a frame having a cradle beam that receives the cargo platform. The cradle beam supports a lower surface of the cargo platform. The apparatus further includes a locking mechanism operably associated with the cradle beam and actuates to securely fasten the cargo platform to the frame when the cargo platform is rested upon the cradle beam. The apparatus also includes a plurality of wheel assemblies for wheeling the frame along a ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James S. Wells, Anibal J. Garcia, Myles A. Rohrlick, John B. Simmons, Benjamin A. Harber, Thomas K. Reiner
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Patent number: 7494136Abstract: The invention relates to a basket, in particular, intended for storing and transporting goods in shops and other selling premises. The basket is formed of a body, including a bottom wall and four lateral walls, castors, and a grasping mechanism. The casters enable the basket to move by rolling over the ground. According to the invention, the grasping mechanism is a telescopic arm deploying from one of the walls of the body of the basket, the one wall being called the proximal wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Joalpe Industria de Expositores, S.A.Inventors: Manuel Alves, Pedro Dinis
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Patent number: 7275758Abstract: A shopping cart with a frame basket member, with a floor and a contiguous wall extending vertically from the floor. There are a pair of substantially U-shaped carrying handles with ends that are pivotally attached to the upper frame member. The handles pivot between a raised position for carrying, and a lowered position. There is also a main handle with ends that are pivotally attached to the upper frame member. The main handle pivots between a raised position for carrying, and a lowered position where the handle rests around the basket member. There are a pair of support members attached to the floor of the cart and a pair of wheel supports attached to the floor opposite the support members. The wheel supports have an attached wheel shaft and a wheel.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Inventors: Humberto Diaz, Yudinis Diaz
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Patent number: 7246814Abstract: A multi-level personal utility cart includes a frame including a vertical rear panel and a handle including latching structure on side portions of the handle, each latching structure being structurally engaged with a portion of the rear panel, a lower basket assembly carried by and pivotably attached to the frame, an upper basket assembly carried by and pivotably attached to the frame, where the upper and lower basket assemblies are pivotable in a direction toward the upper portion of the handle so that the upper and lower basket assemblies can be collapsed against a portion of the frame into a compact and substantially planar structure. The latching structure on the handle operatively cooperates with the rear panel to automatically lock the cart in an opened position. An access door to the lower basket assembly is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Mind Wurx, LLCInventors: James G. Prather, Miguel Orozco
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Patent number: 7243929Abstract: The utility cart has a first pair of corner posts, a second pair of corners posts, a shelf, a front support bar, a pair of parallel side support bars, and a back support bar, which is particularly suited for supporting a drawstring garment bag for receiving garments being dispatched from a conveyor dryer. For added support and rigidity, the utility cart is also provided with a pair of parallel side support bars, each side support bar extending from a first corner post to a second corner post. For added ease of movement, the utility cart can also be provided with swivel-wheel caster assemblies on each of the four posts. The utility cart and drawstring garment bag can be provided as a kit along with a wedge member and a set of size separators.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Inventor: Glen R. Suchecki
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Patent number: 7229085Abstract: A moveable ball cart having a lower receptacle and an upper receptacle vertically stacked and spaced, with the top of each being open. Each of the receptacles is accessible through its top and through a vertically hinged door in a sidewall that pivots horizontally. The receptacles also have a floor sloped toward the door, to facilitate removal of balls from the cart.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: The Prophet Corp.Inventors: Scott Lane Pederson, Michael John Wagner
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Patent number: 7080844Abstract: A transportable cart having a basket with a lift mechanism that raises the unit to the cargo floor height of the vehicle, and also used to lower the basket to a comfortable working height for the user while shopping. A slide mechanism includes a frame member, a set of guide rails, a plurality of wheels and rollers to guide the basket and frame assemblies into and out of the vehicle. A plurality of legs and base frame members connected by a plurality of cross members and hinges that are foldable to a compact arrangement and fits in place alongside the basket inside the vehicle. Wheels or casters attached to the base frame that contacts the ground when the cart is unloaded from the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Inventor: Gilbert Bobby Espejo
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Patent number: 6676139Abstract: An improved shopping cart with a floating basket. The basket is moveable in response to downward and/or lateral forces applied against the basket. The ability of the basket to move in response to such forces reduces the tendency for the shopping cart to tip over. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the shopping cart basket moves downward as the basket is loaded. In another embodiment, the shopping cart basket pivots upon application of a lateral force to the basket. A further embodiment combines both the vertical movement and pivoting movement of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1999Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Inventor: Richard Lee Saccani
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Patent number: 6533297Abstract: An improved shopping cart with a floating basket: The basket is moveable in response to downward and/or lateral forces applied against the basket. The ability of the basket to move in response to such forces reduces the tendency for the shopping cart to tip over. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the shopping cart basket moves downward as the basket is loaded. In another embodiment, the shopping cart basket pivots upon application of a lateral force to the basket. A further embodiment combines both the vertical movement and pivoting movement of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2002Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Inventor: Richard Lee Saccani
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Patent number: 6505842Abstract: A container for a stack of newspapers includes bottom, side, and back walls and a substantially open front to facilitate stacking newspapers in the container, and inspecting the stack for non-paper contaminants. A pair of rotatable wheels on the bottom of the container, and a base on the bottom of the container are adapted to rest on a horizontal supporting surface such as a floor. A pair of inwardly extending lips on the front of the container restrain the stack of papers when the container is tilted and rolled from one location to another. The container bottom slopes downwardly away from the open front of the container, and the back of the container slopes upwardly away from the open front to promote forming a stack which is slightly inclined to vertical when the container rests on the horizontal surface. External means on the container facilitate picking up the container and dumping the stack of papers in a collection truck.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2001Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Inventors: Floyd S. Butterfield, Michael S. O'Keefe
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Publication number: 20020030334Abstract: A waste disposal cart and system is provided that is portable and easily managed by a user. A waste cart is mountable within a trash compactor and is also portable so that it can be removed from the compactor for storage once it is full. An empty cart can subsequently be mounted in the compactor for handling of further waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Applicant: Modern Compaction, Inc.Inventor: Robert Moore
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Publication number: 20020030335Abstract: A waste disposal cart and system is provided that is portable and easily managed by a user. A waste cart is mountable within a trash compactor and is also portable so that it can be removed from the compactor for storage once it is full. An empty cart can subsequently be mounted in the compactor for handling of further waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Applicant: Modern Compaction, Inc.Inventor: Robert Moore
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Publication number: 20010050468Abstract: A container for a stack of newspapers includes bottom, side, and back walls and a substantially open front to facilitate stacking newspapers in the container, and inspecting the stack for non-paper contaminants. A pair of rotatable wheels on the bottom of the container, and a base on the bottom of the container are adapted to rest on a horizontal supporting surface such as a floor. A pair of inwardly extending lips on the front of the container restrain the stack of papers when the container is tilted and rolled from one location to another. The container bottom slopes downwardly away from the open front of the container, and the back of the container slopes upwardly away from the open front to promote forming a stack which is slightly inclined to vertical when the container rests on the horizontal surface. External means on the container facilitate picking up the container and dumping the stack of papers in a collection truck.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Applicant: Floyd S. ButterfieldInventors: Floyd S. Butterfield, Michael S. O'Keefe
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Patent number: 6293568Abstract: A container for a stack of newspapers includes bottom, side, and back walls and a substantially open front to facilitate stacking newspapers in the container, and inspecting the stack for non-paper contaminants. A pair of rotatable wheels on the bottom of the container, and a base on the bottom of the container are adapted to rest on a horizontal supporting surface such as a floor. A pair of inwardly extending lips on the front of the container restrain the stack of papers when the container is tilted and rolled from one location to another. The container bottom slopes downwardly away from the open front of the container, and the back of the container slopes upwardly away from the open front to promote forming a stack which is slightly inclined to vertical when the container rests on the horizontal surface. External means on the container facilitate picking up the container and dumping the stack of papers in a collection truck.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1998Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Inventors: Floyd S. Butterfield, Michael S. O'Keefe
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Patent number: 6193246Abstract: A shopping cart has a basket with an opening in its front end, and a gate is movably mounted in the opening for movement between a closed position closing the opening and an open position inside the basket lying on top of the lower wall. The checker can first remove and scan items from the front end of the basket, opening the gate inwardly when sufficient space has been cleared, and can then pull the cart forward under the scanner, and remove and scan items from the remainder of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2000Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Inventor: V. John Ondrasik