Vertically Nestable Or Confined Patents (Class 280/33.998)
  • Patent number: 11767046
    Abstract: A novel logistics system is disclosed involving a roll container (100) with a base (110) and two elongated supports (120) that are supported by the base (110). The supports each have a plurality of individual slots (122) provided in a spaced apart configuration along the supports (120) for receiving a tab (133, 134) of a respective plurality of shelves (130) in a spaced apart configuration. The roll container may further include a folding mechanism between the base and the supports for turning the supports between an operational state and a folded state. In the operational state of the roll container the supports extend transversally in respect to the base. In the folded state of the roll container the supports extend parallel to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: K. Hartwall Oy Ab
    Inventors: Janne Kontuniemi, Jack Grönholm, Jussi Raninen
  • Patent number: 11485542
    Abstract: Provided is a utility connectivity system. More specifically the presently claimed subject matter is directed to connectivity systems associated with containers and utility units connectable to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Keter Plastic Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaron Brunner, Omer Menashri
  • Patent number: 11377131
    Abstract: A dolly (10) comprises a body (12) having an upwardly projecting first locating formation (20) for locating a further dolly thereon in a stacked condition of said dollies. The body (12) has a second locating formation (21) for stacking the dolly (10) on a further dolly in a stacked condition of said dollies. The first locating formation (20) is engageable with a second locating formation on the further dolly stacked on the first mentioned dolly, and the second locating formation (21) is engageable with a first locating formation of the further dolly on which the first mentioned dolly (10) is stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Martin Baker
  • Patent number: 11285985
    Abstract: A stackable control device is equipped with a plurality of casters provided on a side of a bottom surface, and a support member provided on an upper surface and configured to support a control device that is stacked on a side of the upper surface. Two from among the plurality of casters sandwich the support member of a control device that is stacked on the side of the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Matsudaira, Toshihiro Fujimori, Yoshikiyo Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11205890
    Abstract: A cable support apparatus includes first and second horizontal supports spaced-apart and substantially parallel to one another, a plurality of vertical supports spaced-apart horizontally along the first and second horizontal supports, and at least one junction box assembly configured to hang from the first horizontal support. Each horizontal support is formed from wire stock. Each vertical support is formed from wire stock and secured to each of the first and second horizontal supports. At least two of the vertical supports include cable-receiving segments that cooperate to define at least one cable-receiving channel extending horizontally. The at least one junction box assembly includes an input and an output for receiving cable ends of cables disposed within one of the at least one cable-receiving channels to enable joining of the cable ends within the junction box assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CABLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Roger Jette
  • Patent number: 11001286
    Abstract: A trolley assembled by a snap-fit structure is provided. The trolley comprises a first carrying basket, a second carrying basket, a third carrying basket each having a carrying space, and an assembly support frame arranged at both sides of the first, second and third carrying baskets. The carrying baskets are respectively provided with a snap-fit assembly component for assembling onto or disassembling from the assembly support frame. The assembly support frame is provided with a clamping groove which is matched with corresponding support crossbar for a snap-fit assembly or disassembly. The disclosed trolley has a simple structure but high structural stability and can be assembled arbitrarily in a snap-fit manner and disassembled into different components which then be receipted without tools. Moreover, the disclosed trolley is convenient for packaging, storage and transport, and has strong applicability and reduced usage cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG WIREKING HOUSEWARES AND HARDWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nengwen Liu
  • Patent number: 10779654
    Abstract: Chairs, stool assemblies, and systems for constructing furniture. Such a chair including structural members having hinge joints at ends thereof pivotally coupling each of the members to one or more adjoining members. The chair is configured to be arranged in a collapsed configuration wherein all of the members are in the same plane and define a substantially planar shape, and configured to be arranged in an expanded configuration to define a seat, armrests, support legs, and leg braces of the chair. Such a stool assembly includes at least first and second stools configured to be stackable such that the seats of the stools abut face to face and in combination define a composite base. Such a system for constructing furniture includes multiple joints each having slots configured to receive and retain structural members and configured to be assembled with the structural members to form a piece of furniture with the multiple joints defining corners of the piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Tong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10683042
    Abstract: A transport trailer having a chassis and at least one floor platform mounting to the chassis and configured to transport a load. The at least one floor platform comprises at least one main plate and a metal sheet mounting to the main plate. The at least one main plate is fabricated from a porous metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hauke Stockrahm, Ralf Hak, Jan-Christian Mensing
  • Patent number: 10674817
    Abstract: A multifunctional breathable storage cabinet, including a frame body having a left frame and a right frame, and at least one set of sliding rails correspondingly mounted on the left frame and the right frame; a storage laminate or a storage basket capable of sliding along the sliding rail is mounted on the sliding rail; one inward end of the sliding rail is provided with a baffle, and the inner wall of one outward end of the sliding rail is provided with an elastic limiting device; the storage basket includes a sliding connecting piece capable of being inserted in the sliding rail and sliding along the sliding rail and a metal mesh storage basket body connected with the sliding connecting piece, and the sliding connecting piece is provided with a limiting protrusion capable of being in contact with the elastic limiting device to limit the storage basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Xin Cao
  • Patent number: 10376045
    Abstract: An article support device that can be arranged in a plurality of architectures to suit the user's needs and can be easily collapsed for storage and/or transported within a vehicles cargo area. The article support device uses a horizontal frame member with a plurality of positions to receive one or more vertical frame members that can be secured into desired positions. The frame members may also be arranged in an architecture to support a raised platform by attaching two or more vertical frame members to the horizontal frame member. Hinge pin receivers may be attached to the vertical frame members. The hinge pin receivers accept the hinge pins that are attached to SUV doors. When the hinge pins of SUV doors are aligned with the hinge pin receivers on a vertical frame member, the SUV doors can be secured to the article support device by lowering the SUV doors and hinge pins into the hinge pin receivers until the doors are in a position resting on the horizontal frame section the article support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Alan Stanley Poudrier
  • Patent number: 10368638
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel furnishing assembly. The assembly is comprised of multiple components, which are nestable or stackable in relation to one another. The components may be of different sizes and may mimic each other in structure. Each component is comprised of a top panel, two opposing legs, and one or more handles. A smaller component can be stacked on a larger component to form a stand up desk or lectern or the like. Each component can be used for various purposes, including as a stool, desk, or chair. Each leg includes two feet, which can be covered with glides. Each component can be secured to a substructure or include a crossmember for added stability. The components can include other components for improved functionality, including a magnet, a door, a drawer, a keyboard tray, or a storage box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: VIRCO MFG. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Man F. Hui, Jonathan Kyle Yau, Scott Lloyd Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10342345
    Abstract: The invention is generally a cabinet hanging system that, in exemplary embodiments, includes a wall cleat hanger and at least one cabinet. The at least one cabinet has a plurality of recesses on its rear exterior edge that are substantially similar to the same shape of the wall cleat hanger. The recesses allow a user to hang the cabinets on their wall without needing to fasten the cabinets to the wall cleat hanger or the wall. This invention alleviates the burden of complicated cabinet systems installations while simultaneously allowing the user to install the cabinet system without the assistance of another person. In an exemplary embodiment, the cabinet has a first elongated recess and a second elongated recess. Terminal cabinets replace one elongated recess with a finished panel and a wall cleat. The wall cleat allows terminal cabinets to securely rest on the wall cleat hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Prime Tech Cabinets, Inc.
    Inventor: Bobby Farjamrad
  • Patent number: 10273006
    Abstract: A trolley for collecting waste includes a housing having a main waste chamber for receiving waste, and wheels attached to a bottom wall of the housing. The housing has at least one module seating, each configured to receive a waste module for collecting waste. Each module seating includes fasteners configured to releasably couple to a waste module. The waste module includes a module housing having at its top surface a top opening for inserting waste, and having a module waste chamber for receiving waste inserted through the top opening. The module housing includes second connection means at its outside surface, which are configured to releasably interact with first connection means of a trolley for collecting waste. Also disclosed herein is a system that includes the trolley and at least one waste module inserted into the at least one module seating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, AIRBUS SAS, AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthias Reiss, Nicolas Jourdan, Ralf Schliwa, Donald De Gutz, Gabriel Ribeiro Reis, Denise Renata Passos Ikuno, Liana Maki Shintate, Tadeu Kendy de Oliveira Omae, Lucas Marques Otsuka, Lucas Neumann De Antonio
  • Patent number: 9950725
    Abstract: A reversible cart with wheels is disclosed which can be flipped from one orientation with wheels down and handles pointed upwards, to another orientation with the wheels and handles both pointed downwards (relative to the ground). In the latter embodiment, the cart functions as a table. To accomplish this, portals extend through the cart/table, at least some of which are equidistantly spaced from others, and two support beams of a handle or handles are inserted into two successive portals. The portals can be on narrow and long sides of a rectangular cart/table, allowing the handles to be inserted in various configurations, such as only on the narrow side, on both narrow sides, or on the long side. The cart/table itself can have two sides spaced apart by ribbing, creating a shelf there-between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Roman Uszynski
  • Patent number: 9884636
    Abstract: A collapsible push car for holding at least one rider includes a front chassis body attached to a rear chassis body; a front panel strip attached to a front edge of the front chassis body distal from the rear chassis body; a pair of foldable front quarter panels hingeably attached to the front chassis body; a pair of foldable rear quarter panels hingeably attached to the rear chassis body; a rear panel strip attached to a back edge of the rear chassis body; a seat positioned on the rear chassis body; a pair of front wheels attached to the front chassis body; a pair of back wheels attached to the rear chassis body; and a handle assembly attached to the rear chassis body. The front wheels are spaced apart by a different width than the back wheels to allow for folding of the push car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Melanie Anne Monarco
  • Patent number: 9764754
    Abstract: A push cart, including: a frame, a rear wheel assembly, a front wheel assembly, a connection rod linkage. The frame includes an upper frame and a lower frame, and the upper frame is disposed on the lower frame. The rear wheel assembly is movably disposed on the lower frame or the upper frame. The front wheel assembly is disposed on the lower frame. The frame is connected to the rear wheel assembly via the connection rod linkage. The rotation of the upper frame or the lower frame drives the connection rod linkage to flatten the rear wheel assembly with the upper frame or the lower frame, or to unfold the rear wheel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: NINGBO WENTAI SPORT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9573421
    Abstract: A dolly comprising a chassis, a castor having a fork and a wheel rotatably mounted to the fork, and a fastener for fixing the fork of the castor to the chassis of the dolly. The fastener comprises a head which is shaped to the peripheral shape of the wheel of the castor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: K. Hartwall Oy Ab
    Inventors: Markku Tiilikainen, Jack Grönholm
  • Patent number: 9156588
    Abstract: A tray includes a base and a pair of opposed side walls extending upward from the base. Each of the side walls includes a plurality of feet providing multiple stacking heights with an identical tray. Each side wall including a recess on an inner, upper edge. A rear wall extends upward from a rear the base between the side walls. A front wall extends upward from a front of the base between the side walls, the front wall including a portion lower than the side walls. A dolly that can be used with the tray includes a deck having a pair of contiguous support surfaces. A reinforcement rod supports the pair of support surfaces. A caster includes a caster plate secured to the deck, the reinforcement rod between the caster plate and the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Jon P. Hassell
  • Patent number: 9061693
    Abstract: A dolly includes a deck having a support surface and a plurality of wheels below the deck. The deck includes a peripheral lip around a periphery of the deck, the peripheral lip including an inner wall portion spaced inwardly from an outer wall portion. The inner wall portion and outer wall portion are joined continuously at an upper edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventor: Jon P. Hassell
  • Patent number: 9022718
    Abstract: A safety feature prevents a two wheeled electric paper lift from raising a paper tray on uneven ground that includes a tilt switch positioned in parallel with an upper limit switch that controls the height in a vertical direction of the paper tray. When a tilt angle of the paper lift is greater than 5° the tilt switch will prevent the paper tray from being raised and thereby prevent the load on the paper tray from shifting or tipping over and causing injury to an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E Groth, Charles R Brewer, III, Thomas C Palumbo
  • Patent number: 8950530
    Abstract: A stackable mobile platform vehicle with a body with attached tires and wheels with a load bearing strength of at least 2500 pounds. In some instances the platform vehicle is powered by an electrical motor coupled to a generator which is powered by an internal combustion engine. A large flat load bearing deck on top of the vehicle is sufficient to support the weight of at least one additional stackable mobile platform vehicle. In some instances electricity produced by the generator can by exported from the mobile vehicle platform for use external to the mobile vehicle platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventor: Alan Niedzwiecki
  • Patent number: 8936255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stackable shopping basket (10A) comprising a bottom (14A), wheels, side walls, a carrying handle arrangement and a telescopic pull handle (20A) which is arranged in connection with one of the side walls and comprises a first and a second telescopic element (22A, 21A). At least one side wall (11A) is higher than one or more of the other walls, in association therewith (11A2) a hollow metal profile is arranged which comprises said first telescopic element (22A). Its lower end is fixedly fastened to or in the lower end of said higher side wall (11A2) and/or in the bottom (14A). The second telescopic element (21A) comprises a metal profile which is adapted for sliding in said first telescopic element (22A). In the extended position the second telescopic element (21A), at least to a large extent, is drawn out of the first telescopic element (22A), and in a stacked position it is substantially completely inserted in the first telescopic element (22A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Superbasket A/S
    Inventor: Roald Overland
  • Patent number: 8936166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible garment rail assembly that can be stacked with similar garment rail assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: The Garment Rail Company Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Stephen Hornsby
  • Publication number: 20140210171
    Abstract: A basket for public use includes a substantially upright tapered body for repeatedly moving purchasable items within a store; the body includes an interior space and an open top; the open top permits access to the interior for placing the plurality of purchasable items in the interior. Wheels allow rolling the basket within the store and a telescoping handle provided on a face of the body rollingly pulls the basket. A like-basket is nestable in the basket in a first and a second position; eg the telescoping handles are proximate to each other or the telescoping handles are distal from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Araven, S.L.
    Inventors: Marcos Alcala Sebastian, Maria Isabel Gimeno Verdejo, Jose Antonio Puertolas Salanova
  • Patent number: 8757641
    Abstract: A foldable dolly for use with a truss. The dolly is also extendable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, L.L.C
    Inventor: Scott Gross
  • Patent number: 8740228
    Abstract: A dolly includes a deck having a support surface and a plurality of casters below the deck. The deck includes a plurality of caster-receiving pockets formed in an upper surface of the deck. The caster-receiving pockets are aligned with the casters, such that the casters of an identical dolly could be received in the caster-receiving pockets. The caster-receiving pockets are oriented at an acute angle relative to the end edges and side edges of the dolly. When stacked, the dollies are more consistently aligned and the stack is vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Patterson, Kyle L. Baltz
  • Patent number: 8702111
    Abstract: A stackable and collapsible trolley assembly having at least one collapsible transport container, and a support structure on which the transport container rests. The support structure is moveable on wheels. Additional transport containers can be rested on the assembly, and preferably, are arranged so that a recessed edge at the bottom of a second transport container fits within the open perimeter of the first transport container. The wheels on the support structure are all located inside of the recessed edge, so that the trolley assembly wheels will be located within the opening of a transport container when the trolley assembly is positioned on top of a transport container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventor: Paulo J. Simoes
  • Patent number: 8662506
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multi-function cart for storing and transporting emergency or other supplies. The multi-function cart comprises two shells that can be secured together to form a transportable storage container. When separated, each shell is convertible into various configurations that can be used to sustain life during and after a disaster as well as to clean-up and rebuild after a disaster has occurred. The multi-function cart can also be used recreationally. In this manner, the multi-function cart enables victims to quickly care for themselves, and encourages victims to immediately begin the clean-up and rebuilding process. Each shell is convertible into different configurations using various tubes. Hub brackets on opposing sides of the shell include adapters to which any of the tubes can be connected. The tubes can be connected to the adapters in an upward or a downward orientation to form different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventor: Troy Bengtzen
  • Publication number: 20130334780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shopping trolley which is stackable with similar trolleys, having a chassis, having a holding unit which is connected to the chassis, and having a pushing unit located at the rear, wherein the chassis has two curved longitudinal supports leading from the rear side castors to the front side castors of the shopping trolley. The two longitudinal supports, proceeding from their rear end section, extend upward and toward the front and subsequently, inclined downward toward the front, are continued to the front end section such that at least the intermediate section, or the intermediate section and the end section, of each longitudinal support belongs to either of two geometrical planes which, proceeding from the plane of travel of the castors, extend from bottom to top. The invention is characterized in that the front end sections are led out of the planes extending from bottom to top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Martin Eberlein
  • Patent number: 8602423
    Abstract: A wheeled laundry basket includes a basket, a plurality of wheel assemblies, and a rope pull. Each wheel assembly includes a rotating caster integrally connected to the basket. A top exterior edge of the basket provides integral connection to the rope pull connected on both ends to the basket in order to provide a flexible extended handle for steering and rolling the basket along a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventor: Christine A. Alexander
  • Patent number: 8505933
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Gebhardt Transport- und Lagersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Bernard, Christian Kolnhofer
  • Patent number: 8459664
    Abstract: A stackable ride-on toy includes a generally hollow body featuring a saddle, a handle and a primarily open bottom. A number of casters are mounted to the body by shrouds positioned adjacent to the primarily open bottom. The saddle includes a saddle valley and saddle peak that are ergonomically sized and shaped. The saddle also serves as a stacking surface adapted to stack the ride-on toy with similar ride-on toys in a nested configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Radio Flyer, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Herlitz, Edward Paramadilok, Joyce Sprau
  • Publication number: 20130049311
    Abstract: Disclosed is a separable shopping basket and cart system, comprising a wheeled basket having sidewalls and a base forming a largely rectangular structure with an open upper, which is securable to a wheeled cart adapted to accept and support the basket in an elevated position while shopping within a store. The cart comprises a wheeled base, a basket-supporting frame and a user push handle. When shopping, the basket is joined with the cart for the collection and purchasing of goods, after which the basket is separated from the cart and taken to the user's car or transported to its intended location. Purchased articles are supported within the basket during transit, while the basket wheels and extended user handle allows the basket and contents to be pulled and not physically carried. The basket is further stowable, wherein the basket walls disconnect to fold into a planar, collapsed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Carl Metters, Nicole Tetreault
  • Publication number: 20130009370
    Abstract: A bucket comprises generally vertical sidewalls and a bottom portion, defining together a bucket interior. The bucket further comprises a back face, constituting one of the sidewalls, which extends substantially above the height of the bucket interior. The bucket still further comprises at least two wheels mounted to the bucket at the back face about an axis at a bottom area thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Keter Plastic Ltd.
    Inventor: Zvi Zak
  • Publication number: 20130001916
    Abstract: A scooter includes a main body having a triangular shape including three lower pivotable wheels. Three handles are defined interior to the main body, one along each of the sides. The body includes a domed shape and a textured surface. A central opening is provided in the main body to allow for stacking of the scooters for storage. During stacking, the scooters are alternated relative to one another so that the points and the sides are offset, resulting in compact and secure storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: AMBER ORENSTEIN, LOUIS F. POLK, III, JASON NESS
  • Publication number: 20120326405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stackable shopping basket (10A) comprising a bottom (14A), wheels, side walls, a carrying handle arrangement and a telescopic pull handle (20A) which is arranged in connection with one of the side walls and comprises a first and a second telescopic element (22A, 21A). At least one side wall (11A) is higher than one or more of the other walls, in association therewith (11A2) a hollow metal profile is arranged which comprises said first telescopic element (22A). Its lower end is fixedly fastened to or in the lower end of said higher side wall (11A2) and/or in the bottom (14A). The second telescopic element (21A) comprises a metal profile which is adapted for sliding in said first telescopic element (22A). In the extended position the second telescopic element (21A), at least to a large extent, is drawn out of the first telescopic element (22A), and in a stacked position it is substantially completely inserted in the first telescopic element (22A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SUPERBASKET A/S
    Inventor: Roald Overland
  • Publication number: 20120292867
    Abstract: A storage container (1) has a hollow storage box (10) and a lid (12). The lid (12) includes wheels (14) which enable the storage container (1) to be used as a ride-on toy by a child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MAGMATIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Joseph Allam, Paul Hayton, Robert Law
  • Patent number: 8297629
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shopping basket in self service stores and/or supermarkets, of the type of those which can be stacked and incorporate rolling means (5) at their base and a drive handle (4) for transporting them in an inclined manner on the floor in which said drive handle (4) is located on a plane different from the load application plane, and further having its corners reinforced by means of bends (3) defining a plane (6) on which the side branches (7) of said handle (4) slide with the aid of guide means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Araven, S.L.
    Inventors: Isabel Gimeno Verdejo, Jose Antonio Puertolas Salanova
  • Patent number: 8297628
    Abstract: A bucket comprises generally vertical sidewalls and a bottom portion, defining together a bucket interior. The bucket further comprises a back face, constituting one of the sidewalls, which extends substantially above the height of the bucket interior. The bucket still further comprises at least two wheels mounted to the bucket at the back face about an axis at a bottom area thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Keter Plastic Ltd.
    Inventor: Zvi Zak
  • Publication number: 20120211955
    Abstract: A stackable ride-on toy includes a generally hollow body featuring a saddle, a handle and a primarily open bottom. A number of casters are mounted to the body by shrouds positioned adjacent to the primarily open bottom. The saddle includes a saddle valley and saddle peak that are ergonomically sized and shaped. The saddle also serves as a stacking surface adapted to stack the ride-on toy with similar ride-on toys in a nested configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Todd Herlitz, Edward Paramadilok, Joyce Sprau
  • Publication number: 20120139199
    Abstract: Embodiments comprise a stackable vehicle which may be supported from, or serve as support to, another like vehicle. The vehicle includes a frame and a body supported from the frame. The body includes a weight bearing roof Wheel assemblies are mounted for rotation on the frame. The body includes recesses from the roof of the body to accommodate location of wheel assemblies of a like vehicle supported on the roof Support and mounting points are located on the roof and on the frame respectively to fix location of a vehicle to be carried on top of a supporting vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen F. Burns
  • Publication number: 20120119458
    Abstract: A stackable and collapsible trolley assembly having at least one collapsible transport container, and a support structure on which the transport container rests. The support structure is moveable on wheels. Additional transport containers can be rested on the assembly, and preferably, are arranged so that a recessed edge at the bottom of a second transport container fits within the open perimeter of the first transport container. The wheels on the support structure are all located inside of the recessed edge, so that the trolley assembly wheels will be located within the opening of a transport container when the trolley assembly is positioned on top of a transport container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Paulo J. Simoes
  • Publication number: 20120049472
    Abstract: A dolly includes a deck having a support surface and a plurality of casters below the deck. The deck includes a plurality of caster-receiving pockets formed in an upper surface of the deck. The caster-receiving pockets are aligned with the casters, such that the casters of an identical dolly could be received in the caster-receiving pockets. The caster-receiving pockets are oriented at an acute angle relative to the end edges and side edges of the dolly. When stacked, the dollies are more consistently aligned and the stack is vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Patterson, Kyle L. Baltz
  • Patent number: 8029006
    Abstract: A stackable dolly includes a platform having upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral edge. A plurality of legs are generally coextensive with the platform and extend from the platform beyond the peripheral edge and extend radially outwardly from the platform beyond the platform periphery. Each leg includes an upper surface generally coextensive with the upper surface of the platform a lower surface serving as a mounting surface. The legs are equally angularly spaced from each other about the axis along the periphery of the platform. Casters are secured to each mounting surface of each leg. Engaging members are provided below the platform lower surface each engaging member being arranged approximate to the peripheral edge to abut against the peripheral edge of a cooperating dolly placed below the platform when the platform is supported on the cooperating dolly. The engaging members are restricting lateral movements of the engaged dollies relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: JPJ Investment Holding Co.
    Inventor: Artem Kalajyan
  • Patent number: 8006984
    Abstract: The dolly is constructed with wheels to provide mobility and with posts to allow for stacking of one dolly on another for storage purposes and return shipment purposes. A long dolly may also be provided with laterally mounted posts for receiving and supporting a shorter, but wider, dolly thereon. Each corner post is provided with a dependent pin that is able to fit into an opening in the upper end of a post of a dolly below. Removable support feet are provided for supporting a loaded dolly for transport with the wheels in an elevated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Thermoseal Glass Corp, LLC
    Inventor: Richard A. Chubb
  • Patent number: 7976033
    Abstract: The trolley or shopping cart can be used to transport goods. This trolley includes a support on which two baskets can be stacked on top of one another, a first lower basket and a second upper basket. The support has at least two lateral posts or stanchions which can be engaged directly or indirectly to the baskets on two opposing sides to create a clearance providing direct access to the opening in the lower and upper baskets from the side used to drive the trolley. The position of the lower basket is offset substantially in relation to the upper basket, such that the lower basket extends out further on the side used to drive the trolley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Joalpe Industria de Expositores, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Alves, Pedro Cunha, Teresa Alves Pereira
  • Publication number: 20110127735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stackable roll container (1), particularly for transporting food, cosmetics or basic commodities in large packages, with a preferably rectangular base (3) on which transport rollers (5) are mounted on the underside and two opposing side walls (7) are arranged, wherein each of the opposing side walls (7) has a vertical front end strut (11) and a vertical rear end strut (13), which are connected by means of several horizontally running support struts (15), wherein the interior side of each of the vertical front struts (11) lies in one of two vertical reference planes (E-E) and wherein the rear end struts (13) are offset sufficiently inward relative to the respective reference plane (E-E) that another roll container (1) of the same type can be inserted from the front between the side walls (7) of the roll container (1), wherein the horizontal connecting struts (15) are arranged and constructed in such a manner that, apart from a front connecting section (15a) to the front end strut (11
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Oliver Bernard, Christian Kolnhofer
  • Patent number: 7871234
    Abstract: A cart transport apparatus for automatically transporting carts in which trays with medicine contained therein can be stored. The carts have a plurality of support panels (38) juxtaposed to each other, a lower connection member (41) connecting lower end portions of the plurality of support panels (38), and casters (44) positioned below the lower connection member (41). The cart transport apparatus includes a frame (51) having wheels (50) that can be rotatably driven. The frame (51) is movable beneath the lower connection member (41) of the cart (8). Also, the cart transfer apparatus is provided with grip members (55) for gripping the lower connection member 41 of the cart 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yuyama, Takayuki Fujikawa, Takashi Itou, Hiromichi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 7871088
    Abstract: Cargo cart 10 can be used independently or attached to a conventional walker 101. Cooperative attach means 40 connect cart 10 in front of walker 101 through roll leader 44, which propels and steers cart 10 in response to user's control of walker 101. In attached mode, rear wheels 34 of cart 10 are suspended above travel surface to allow cart 10 to be steered easily and predictably by roll leader 44. Cart 10 is attached and detached with one hand without tools. Handle 50 and optional cargo basket 29 fold flat for storage. Slots in peripheral rails 24 retain cargo that is wider than cargo support 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventors: José Freitas Silva, Angus R. Colson, Jr., Hugh Williams, Gavin K. Wong, Keith W. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 7857108
    Abstract: A cart having a frame for conveying cargo. The cart includes at least one brake assembly mounted within the frame of the cart. The brake assembly is configured to provide braking by engaging and disengaging a rear wheel axle. The cart further includes a control mechanism configured to selectively engage and disengage the brake assembly by rotation of a cart handle. In addition, the cart includes a brake release device configured to disengage the brake assembly when carts are nested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Smarte Carte, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Louis Amdahl, Dan L. Otterson