For Shopping Cart Patents (Class 297/256.17)
  • Publication number: 20140319889
    Abstract: An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAFE-STRAP COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8857905
    Abstract: A disposable child seat cover formed of a single sheet of preferably plastic material, which can be dispensed from a continuous web of material forming multiple disposable child seat covers, is provided. The disposable child seat cover has two central expandable leg openings. Multiple disposable child seat covers are preferably formed from a recyclable film-like web. The disposable child seat cover is designed to effectively protect the child from germs and grime, while being sufficiently economical to allow retail establishments to provide complimentary disposable child seat covers to their customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventor: Nancy Pusateri
  • Publication number: 20140300156
    Abstract: A shopping cart child safety lock system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Marvin Morford
  • Publication number: 20140191547
    Abstract: A portable child safety seat assembly for use with standard wire mesh shopping carts is foldable and has a seat belt that attaches to the seat assembly and removably attaches to the shopping cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph M. Fink
  • Patent number: 8770663
    Abstract: Provided is a seat cover for use with a seat, such as a seat of a shopping cart, high chair or the like. The seat includes a front wall, rear wall and a pair of opposed side walls. The seat cover includes a liner having a front panel, a pair of opposed side panels, and a rear panel. The linear is configured to be placeable within the seat such that front panel resides adjacent the seat front wall, the rear panel resides adjacent the seat rear wall, and the pair of opposed side panels reside adjacent respective ones of the pair of opposed seat side walls. The seat cover additionally includes a character connected to the liner and positioned relative to the liner such that when the liner is placed within the seat, the character appears to be seating within the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Infantino, LLC.
    Inventor: Elizabeth Zack
  • Publication number: 20140159446
    Abstract: A shopping cart liner includes a body configured to nest in the child seat portion of a shopping cart. The body may define one or more openings positioned to enable the feet of a child seated in the shopping cart to protrude through the body, and the shopping cart liner includes a track at least partially embedded in a portion of the shopping cart liner. A clip is slidingly engaged with the track, and defines an opening for attaching an item to the shopping cart liner. An item such as a toy, teething ring, pacifier, or other item may be attached. The body may be padded, and, and may include one or more pockets. The shopping cart liner may include a seat belt for securing a child to the shopping cart liner, and may be used in combination with a pillow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Kristin A. Tidwell, Catherine P. McNeil, Clarice Bonzer
  • Patent number: 8740302
    Abstract: A safety device for children, specifically a cover for use with a variety of surfaces that provides a barrier to protect a child from the heat and/or contamination of a surface. In some embodiments, the device can prevent a child from being burned or uncomfortable by the heat of a swing seat or car seat by minimizing thermal transfer between a child's skin and the swing seat for an adequate amount of time. In some embodiments, the cover can be used in a planar configuration as a changing pad or play mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventor: Ginelle Mills
  • Patent number: 8696400
    Abstract: A shopping cart liner includes a body configured to nest in the child seat portion of a shopping cart. The body may define one or more openings positioned to enable the feet of a child seated in the shopping cart to protrude through the body, and the shopping cart liner includes a track at least partially embedded in a portion of the shopping cart liner. A clip is slidingly engaged with the track, and defines an opening for attaching an item to the shopping cart liner. An item such as a toy, teething ring, pacifier, or other item may be attached. The body may be padded, and, and may include one or more pockets. The shopping cart liner may include a seat belt for securing a child to the shopping cart liner, and may be used in combination with a pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Kristin A. Tidwell, Catherine P. McNeil, Clarice Bonzer
  • Publication number: 20130292979
    Abstract: An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130257123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nestable trolley with a basket for holding goods, the rear side of which is formed by a flap (1) which is pivotable into the interior of the basket, the flap (1), for accommodating a child, having a supporting wall (2) having leg openings (6), and also a rear wall (3) and a seating plate (4), with further a cover (5) of changeable position being provided which hides the leg openings (6), so that an additional goods deposition area can be formed. The invention is distinguished in that the cover (5) is formed from a transparent material, or in that the cover (5) has openings (5.1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Kraus, Daniela Seiter
  • Patent number: 8528916
    Abstract: An infant seat mounted on a shopping cart permits an infant to be carried while avoiding interference with a nesting function of the shopping cart. The infant seat includes a mounting plate that can be fastened to the shopping cart at a gate that can pivot about an axis to permit the infant seat to pivot with the gate during shopping cart nesting. The infant seat can be mounted to the shopping cart at a desired mounting angle with the optional use of wedges that have particular angles of inclination. The combination of wedges can be used to produce a desired mounting angle for different types of shopping carts to which the infant seat is fastened. Mounting angle indicia can be provided on the infant seat to help determine a proper or desired mounting angle for the infant seat. A gauge to determine a proper or desired mounting angle can be used with the indicia to obtain the desired mounting angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130069403
    Abstract: A child seat for a shopping cart comprises a gate, a back rest, two arms and a seat. The arms connect to the gate at one end and the back rest at the other. The arms connect to the gate at an angle, which provides resistance so that the back rest does not fall while buckling the child into the seat. The arms terminate in a chamber, which encompasses the back rest and allows the back rest to fold. One end of the seat terminates in a channel, which encompasses the base wire of the back rest, allowing the back rest to rotate. The second end of the seat terminates in a second channel, which encompasses attachment members on the gate, thereby allowing the seat to rotate. The attachment members include wires, which interact with a step in the second channel to lock the seat to the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: AMSA, INC., DBA VERSACART, INC.
    Inventor: Ivor Michel Walter
  • Patent number: 8382201
    Abstract: A safety device for children, specifically a cover for use with a variety of surfaces that provides a barrier to protect a child from the heat and/or contamination of a surface. In some embodiments, the device can prevent a child from being burned or uncomfortable by the heat of a swing seat or car seat by minimizing thermal transfer between a child's skin and the swing seat for an adequate amount of time. In some embodiments, the cover can be used in a planar configuration as a changing pad or play mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Ginelle Mills
  • Patent number: 8287042
    Abstract: A foldable shopping cart seat includes a back with a hook extending between columns for hanging the back on a shopping cart front. Side rails slidably disposed along corresponding columns and downwardly extendable therefrom support a seat having parallel front and back rails with a pliable material extending therebetween. Scissor-like cross pieces extend between a front and back rail of the seat and are pivotably attached thereto for enabling the seat to fold against the back for carrying the shopping cart seat to and from a retail store and supporting the seat on the floor adjacent a shopping cart front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Werner K. Schimmeyer
  • Patent number: 8256651
    Abstract: The shopping cart organizer fits removably into the child's seat area of a shopping cart, and facilitates the monitoring of a child by a parent or guardian shopper during a shopping trip. The device includes two rigidly connected panels and a hinged panel that permit the devices to fold and nest compactly for storage when not in use. A first panel serves as a seat bottom for the child's seating area, and may be padded. A second panel extends upwardly and rearwardly from the first panel to face a rearwardly facing child in the child's seat, and includes a series of shopping related features thereon to keep the child occupied. A third panel extends outwardly and rearwardly from the upper edge of the second panel to face the shopper and includes a series of aids to assist the shopper, e.g., charts, coupon and list holders, calculator, article storage hooks, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventor: Sally B. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8235400
    Abstract: A multi-use child seating apparatus is provided for attachment to a number of frame structures, including a shopping cart, a table, a walker unit, a child activity center, and the like. A seating unit includes a seating frame and a flexible seat for receiving a child in a seated position therein. A mounting mechanism attached to the seating frame is adapted for mounting the seating apparatus to a frame structure, such as the handlebar of a shopping cart, and at least one connector is provided to secure the seating apparatus to the frame structure and brace the seating unit from movement when a child is seated in the flexible seat. A plurality of legs may be movably connected to the seating frame and moved to a deployed position to engage a frame structure, such as a table, to further secure the seating apparatus to the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventor: Shaun Gibson
  • Patent number: 8215039
    Abstract: An advertising apparatus for placement on a food cart or “duty free” cart permits the passenger to readily identify that “duty free” sale is taking place. The advertising apparatus also permit vendors and manufacturers of the “duty free” items to advertise their products directly on the cart for clear viewing by the passenger. It is further envisioned that the advertising apparatus may be mounted to the service cart at any time to enable third party advertising even when “duty free” sale is not taking place, e.g., during the distribution of food, snacks, meals etc. during the flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Robert T. Watson
  • Patent number: 8113580
    Abstract: A disposable child seat cover formed of a single sheet of preferably plastic material, which can be dispensed from a continuous web of material forming multiple disposable child seat covers, is provided. The disposable child seat cover has two central expandable leg openings and two opposing longitudinal perforations divided by bisecting perforations. The perforations allow the user to easily create two front ties and two back ties from the longitudinal sides of the single sheet. The ties are utilized to secure the disposable child seat cover to a public child seat, such as a shopping cart seat or high chair. The disposable child seat cover is designed to effectively protect the child from germs and grime, while being sufficiently economical to allow retail establishments to provide complimentary disposable child seat covers to their customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventor: Nancy Pusateri
  • Patent number: 8109524
    Abstract: A shopping cart handle cover includes a generally elongated, flexible cover base panel; a generally elongated, flexible cover top panel carried by the cover base panel; and a cover interior defined by and between the cover base panel and the cover top panel. The shopping cart handle cover is designed to slide over a shopping cart handle. The handle cover can be fabricated of a material having elastic properties, allowing the user to stretch the handle cover over the cart handle. The handle cover becomes taut over the cart handle when in a relaxed state. At least one panel handle flap can be provided through the top and base panels. The flap wraps around the cart handle providing protection to the user from bacteria, other microorganisms, and other contaminants. A plurality of handle covers may be provided by joining adjacent covers, providing a perforation therebetween, and rolling the covers onto a core for dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Toohey, Randy Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 8042869
    Abstract: A child seat liner provides a comfortable, safe, and hygienic environment for a child seated in a seat such as a shopping cart or a highchair. Child seat liners according to various embodiments of the invention include padding around the leg openings, multiple storage areas for the caregiver, a continuous, elastic front edge for stretching over and gripping a handle of a shopping cart or a front of a seat, one or more sets of fasteners for securing the liner in a rolled-up position, and an adjustable strap that allows the liner to be secured to the back of the seat more securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher McClintock, Stephen R. Burns, Debbie Dunn
  • Patent number: 8015735
    Abstract: An ad sign to be mounted on a seat back of a shopping cart child seat, the ad sign comprising one or more frame bodies configured to display information content, each frame body having a front side and a back side, one of the one or more frame bodies being configured to be connected to a first face of the seat back; and one or more safety strap anchors integral with the one frame body, the one or more safety strap anchors being configured and adapted for securing a child seat safety strap within the child seat; wherein at least one of the one or more safety strap anchors extends from a perimeter of the one frame body; wherein at least one of the one or more safety strap anchors forms a respective opening, the at least one safety strap anchor being configured such that the child seat safety strap can be passed through the opening and connected to the seat back, and being further configured so as to limit a movement of the child seat safety strap when the strap is passed through the opening and connected to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Paul Giampavolo
  • Patent number: 7992882
    Abstract: An apparatus for releasably mounting an infant carrier to a wagon includes a first member having a lower portion with a substantially U-shaped cross-section and configured to detachably engage a top portion of an end wall of said wagon, and at least one crossbar fixedly attached to an upper portion of the first member. A second member is detachably affixed in a transverse fashion between two side walls of said wagon. A distance between the first member and the second member is adjustable to suit the locking assembly arranged on the infant carrier and/or on the first and second members in order to releasably mount the infant carrier on the wagon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventor: Brenda D. Engelman
  • Publication number: 20110156455
    Abstract: A shopping cart liner includes a body configured to nest in the child seat portion of a shopping cart. The body may define one or more openings positioned to enable the feet of a child seated in the shopping cart to protrude through the body, and the shopping cart liner includes a track at least partially embedded in a portion of the shopping cart liner. A clip is slidingly engaged with the track, and defines an opening for attaching an item to the shopping cart liner. An item such as a toy, teething ring, pacifier, or other item may be attached. The body may be padded, and, and may include one or more pockets. The shopping cart liner may include a seat belt for securing a child to the shopping cart liner, and may be used in combination with a pillow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Kristin A. Tidwell, Catherine P. McNeil, Clarice Bonzer
  • Publication number: 20110115176
    Abstract: An infant seat mounted on a shopping cart permits an infant to be carried while avoiding interference with a nesting function of the shopping cart. The infant seat includes a mounting plate that can be fastened to the shopping cart at a gate that can pivot about an axis to permit the infant seat to pivot with the gate during shopping cart nesting. The infant seat can be mounted to the shopping cart at a desired mounting angle with the optional use of wedges that have particular angles of inclination. The combination of wedges can be used to produce a desired mounting angle for different types of shopping carts to which the infant seat is fastened. Mounting angle indicia can be provided on the infant seat to help determine a proper or desired mounting angle for the infant seat. A gauge to determine a proper or desired mounting angle can be used with the indicia to obtain the desired mounting angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Giampavolo, Christopher M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7887067
    Abstract: A safety device in connection with a child seat in a shopping cart. The safety device prevents a child, placed on the seat from being able to pull its legs out of the openings formed through the end wall of the shopping cart. The child seat is pivotally suspended from the end wall, which can preferably be swung inwards/upwards in the shopping cart about a horizontal axis, when shopping carts are being stack horizontally. The child seat is placed adjacent to the through opening for the child's legs. Adjacent the openings for the child's legs through the end wall there is arranged an adjustable safety element that can restrict the openings when activated, after the child's legs have been put through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Fall Stop Holding AS
    Inventors: Dag Harald Sandvik, Arve Cruickshank
  • Patent number: 7878587
    Abstract: A washable seat liner for use in high chairs and grocery carts. The liner comprises a bottom panel, a back panel, left and right side panels, and a front panel. A wide body belt is attached to the inside of the back panel that encircles the child's torso like a cummerbund helping to keep the child upright and centered. The body belt includes two overlapping straps with hook-and-loop fasteners. A secondary, child-resistant connector overlies the body belt and prevents the child from releasing the body belt. A crotch connecter on the front of the liner attaches to the crotch bar on the chair or cart. This prevents the bottom of the liner from being pulled up inadvertently when the child is lifted out of the seat. A back flap wraps around the back of the seat. Side flaps have convenient pockets, and a front flap doubles as a crumb catcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventor: Jamie S. Leach
  • Patent number: 7849615
    Abstract: An ad sign to be mounted on a seat back of a shopping cart child seat, the ad sign comprising one or more frame bodies configured to display information content, each frame body having a front side and a back side, one of the one or more frame bodies being configured to be connected to a first face of the seat back; and one or more safety strap anchors integral with the one frame body, the one or more safety strap anchors being configured and adapted for securing a child seat safety strap within the child seat; wherein at least one of the one or more safety strap anchors extends from a perimeter of the one frame body; wherein at least one of the one or more safety strap anchors forms a respective opening, the at least one safety strap anchor being configured such that the child seat safety strap can be passed through the opening and connected to the seat back, and being further configured so as to limit a movement of the child seat safety strap when the strap is passed through the opening and connected to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Paul Giampavolo
  • Patent number: 7819467
    Abstract: A foldable shopping cart seat includes a back with a hook extending between columns for hanging the back on a shopping cart front. Side rails slidably disposed along corresponding columns and downwardly extendable therefrom support a seat having parallel front and back rails with a pliable material extending therebetween. Scissor-like cross pieces extend between a front and back rail of the seat and are pivotably attached thereto for enabling the seat to fold against the back for carrying the shopping cart seat to and from a retail store and supporting the seat on the floor adjacent a shopping cart front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Inventor: Werner K. Schimmeyer
  • Patent number: 7758118
    Abstract: A child seat restraint alarm system for use with a shopping cart of the type including a pivoting child seat and a seat belt. The alarm system includes a transmitter sending a transmission to a receiver when a child seat is down and a safety belt is closed. If no transmission is received, the receiver produces an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventor: William A. Good, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7686391
    Abstract: A cover for an infant seat, comprising: (1) a flexible, bag-form main body having, in a top portion thereof, an opening for introducing therethrough an infant into the main body, and having a leg through-hole for allowing the leg of an infant to extend out of the main body, and (2) a flexible flap extending from a portion of the main body, which portion is positioned above the leg through-hole, wherein the flap has a free end, wherein when the flap is allowed to hang downwardly, the flap is engaged with the main body to close the leg through-hole, and wherein when the main body is installed on the seat in a manner such that the flap is placed on or wrapped around a support means provided on the seat for preventing the falling of an infant, the infant in the main body is prevented from directly contacting the support means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: Mayumi Nakagome
  • Patent number: 7673945
    Abstract: This invention relates to a harness for securing a person to a supporting structure. The harness includes a pair of straps each having a first and second end, a back portion, a front portion, and a chest portion. The first end is looped over the front portion of each strap and attached to the front portion to form a first loop. The first loop is attached near each second end of both straps. A coupler is near the second end and spaced from where the coupler is attached to the straps. The coupler is separable and may be separated to allow said straps to be separated at the chest portion. The harness goes over both shoulders of a toddler, behind the back and the coupler fastens across the toddler's chest. This prevents a toddler from standing up when wearing the harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventors: Sheila M. Riffel, Warren N. Smith
  • Publication number: 20100007106
    Abstract: A multi-use child seating apparatus is provided for attachment to a number of frame structures, including a shopping cart, a table, a walker unit, a child activity center, and the like. A seating unit includes a seating frame and a flexible seat for receiving a child in a seated position therein. A mounting mechanism attached to the seating frame is adapted for mounting the seating apparatus to a frame structure, such as the handlebar of a shopping cart, and at least one connector is provided to secure the seating apparatus to the frame structure and brace the seating unit from movement when a child is seated in the flexible seat. A plurality of legs may be movably connected to the seating frame and moved to a deployed position to engage a frame structure, such as a table, to further secure the seating apparatus to the frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventor: Shaun Gibson
  • Patent number: 7591510
    Abstract: A seatbelt for a child in a child seat provides a broad range of adjustment by configuring a belt to be threaded through an adjustment cleat with a loose end. The seatbelt adjustment range can be increased by supplying adjustments on two sides of a claspable belt. A sleeve surrounds a portion of the belt to reduce the size of any free loops. The seatbelt retainers can be placed close to one another so that a snug fit for the child in the child seat can be obtained with the seatbelt. The seatbelt configuration provides a secure, simple to manipulate adjustment mechanism that fits a wide range of children for a variety of child seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Safe-Strap Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Giampavolo
  • Patent number: 7591509
    Abstract: Seating systems for shopping carts, and methods for retrofitting shopping carts with the seating systems, are provided. One seating system may include a seat post with wheel assembly, a cart attachment for connecting to a frame of the shopping cart, and a support member connecting the seat post to the cart attachment. The support member moves toward a basket of the shopping cart into a stored position for collecting the shopping cart with other shopping carts. The support member moves away from the basket of the shopping cart into an operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Inventor: James H. Almy
  • Publication number: 20090195036
    Abstract: A pillow for a children's car seat includes a first, a second, and an intermediate padded portion, and means for retaining the pillow on the car seat or a vehicle car seat on which the car seat is installed. The retaining means retains the pillow regardless of occupancy of the children's car seat. The retaining means may alternatively and adaptively take the form of: a flap depending from the top of the children's car seat so as to be trapped between the children's car seat and the vehicle car seat; and means to attach the pillow to a harness for the children's car seat on a seat belt of the vehicle car seat. Additionally, a cushion for a trolley or a cart which includes a seat, a backrest and apertures for the legs of an occupant. The cushion includes a seat, a backrest, a pair of leg, and means for retaining the cushion in the trolley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Rebecca Kathleen Timmis
  • Publication number: 20090026820
    Abstract: Apparatus for securing a child safely in a cart seat. A seat belt has a connected attachment belt which is used to attach the apparatus to the rear bars of a cart seat. A position strap, which is attached to the attachment belt, extends around the top of the cart seat to restrict the vertical displacement of the seat belt and belted child with respect to the seat cart. A second embodiment provides a planar display located at the rear of the cart seat as part of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Darrel D. Dunblazier, Linda J. Wendt
  • Publication number: 20080258528
    Abstract: A flexible fabric cover for a child seat on a shopping cart, and a combination thereof with a detachable child activity panel The detachable child activity panel includes at least a cover attachment subsystem for attaching the detachable child activity panel to a front handle-covering panel of the cover for use by a child seated in the shopping cart child seat. The detachable child activity panel is configured for use in the lap of a child seated other than in the shopping cart child seat for use when and in the event a child is so seated. A rear seat back-covering panel of the cover takes the form of an inverted pocket which fits over the seat back portion of the shopping cart to aid in securing the cover. The pocket is configured to be turned inside-out to serve as a storage pouch for the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Blue Ridge International Products Company
    Inventors: Mary Jean BUSH, Jacquelyn R. LYNCH
  • Publication number: 20080211280
    Abstract: A cover for the seat portion or area of a shopping cart or the like includes a main body portion having a bottom wall which seats on the base of the seat portion and a sidewall which envelops the sides and extends over the top of the seat portion of the shopping cart. The cover includes a pair of cut-out sections coincident with openings in the shopping cart for inserting a child's feet or other occupant's feet therethrough. The cover is, preferably, formed from a two-ply laminate, having an interior surface which is liquid absorbent and an exterior layer which creates a liquid impervious layer to prevent any seepage of liquid therepast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Julie B. Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20080111328
    Abstract: A gate-and-seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate, a backrest, and a seat. The gate has a first end pivotally mountable to a rear portion of a shopping cart. The backrest includes a back support and a pair of legs with the back support defining a slot. The pair of legs extends from the back support and is pivotally mounted to a lower portion of the gate to enable pivotal movement of the backrest relative to the gate. The seat is pivotally mounted to the gate via at least one pivot mechanism and slidably extends through the slot of the back support. The seat includes a pair of ears extending laterally outward from the seat in opposite directions with each respective ear being releasably engageable relative to a rear surface of the back support of the backrest. The entire gate-and-seat assembly is made entirely from a plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Mark T. Ryan, Robert D. Peota
  • Patent number: 7370913
    Abstract: A locking mechanism of a child car seat includes a locking member which is capable of being engaged with a pin disposed in an armrest of a stroller body and disengaged therefrom, a stopper which is rotated together with the locking member, and a stopper unlocking member having an engagement portion capable of being engaged with a stopper staged part of the stopper and disengaged therefrom. In order to detach the child car seat from the stroller body, an unlocked state of the locking mechanism is maintained. The engagement portion of the stopper unlocking member has an inclined surface which is inclined away from the stopper staged part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Combi Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Takamizu, Katsuhiro Iwata
  • Patent number: 7367621
    Abstract: A disposable seat liner (10) that covers a shopping cart's child seat (20) that includes a cart handle (22). The liner (10) consists of a liner seat bottom (24) configured to cover the child's seating area of a shopping cart (26). A liner right side (28) and a liner left side (30) are integrally formed with the seat bottom and folded upward. A liner handle end (32) overlaps the cart handle (22) and is also integrally formed with the liner seat bottom (24). A liner seat back (42) jointly overlaps the cart's seat and the cart's basket upper portion, and is permanently attached with heat-sealed joints (34) to the liner right side and left side on adjacent edges, thereby forming a disposable protective cover to assure isolation from microorganisms found on the shopping cart's child seat and handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventors: Joannie U. Han-Dressor, Eric A. Dressor
  • Publication number: 20080036257
    Abstract: Seating systems for shopping carts, and methods for retrofitting shopping carts with the seating systems are disclosed In an exemplary embodiment, the seating system may comprise a seat post with wheel assembly, a cart attachment for connecting to a frame of the shopping cart, and a support member connecting the seat post to the cart attachment. The support member moves toward a basket of the shopping cart into a stored position for collecting the shopping cart with other shopping carts. The support member moves away from the basket of the shopping cart into an operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: James H. Almy
  • Publication number: 20080030056
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safe and comfortable place for an infant or small child to lie down in a shopping cart includes a cushioned mat and one or more of an optional integrated blanket, an optional integrated pillow, and an optional integrated strap adapted to secure the apparatus once it has been rolled up. The strap may double as a handle and may allow a user to insert their hand and part of their arm through the strap, thus freeing the user's hands for other items. The cushioned mat may be oversized so that when placed in the bottom of the interior of a major compartment of a shopping cart, a portion of the cushioned mat may fold in a manner so as to form bumpers along the sides of the interior of the major compartment of the shopping cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Randall Bentley, Melinda Bentley
  • Patent number: 7147283
    Abstract: A compact child's travel pillow that is easily opened and unfolded into a shopping cart seat cover that provides child safety, comfort, and protection from the contaminated surfaces of shopping cart seats, then easily refolds into a compact firm travel pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Inventor: Mark Walton Feist
  • Patent number: 7100982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shopping cart seat covers for comfort and safety of one or two children when seated in the shopping cart. The present invention is particularly adaptable for providing a safe area for seating one or two children inside the extending platform of shopping carts. The present invention can be used in conjunction with any shopping cart that has a pivoting or extending platform, including large shopping carts, which are designed/made to seat two children, or smaller shopping carts, which are designed/made to seat only one child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: Mia F. Lundgren
  • Patent number: 6959963
    Abstract: A disposable sanitary seat cover includes a base sheet having a seat cover area provided with passages that are adapted for providing an opening through the seat cover area for a child's legs. Passages are provided on the seat cover area through which a safety belt may be positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Herbistic Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Deidre J. Hunter, Nancy B. Hulsey
  • Patent number: 6948725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to child-seat liners. Specifically, the present invention provides protective articles comprising child-seat liners, systems comprising child-seat liners, methods for using child-seat liners (e.g. with a shopping cart), and methods for making child-seat liners. The present invention also provides child-seat liner cut-pieces and patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Bilby Products, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer M. Sampson, Steven M. Sampson
  • Patent number: 6942294
    Abstract: A child car seat according to the present invention capable of being mounted on a stroller body including a front leg, a hand push rod, and an armrest includes: a child car seat body to be fitted in the stroller body; a locking member disposed on the child car seat body to be engaged with the armrest of the stroller body; and a locking/unlocking mechanism disposed on the locking member. The locking/unlocking mechanism locks the child car seat on the stroller body, and has a locking/unlocking lever, the locking/unlocking mechanism being unlocked and maintained in the unlocked state upon an operation of the locking/unlocking lever. The child car seat further includes a fall prevention member which contacts the stroller body for preventing the child car seat from falling off the stroller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Combi Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Takamizu
  • Patent number: 6929326
    Abstract: A high chair clean seat is disclosed for use as a seat cover on a restaurant high chair for the purpose of protecting babies and toddlers from the dirt and bacteria left on the restaurant high chair. The high chair clean seat includes a continuous connected sleeve covering the entire seating area of a high chair including the sides, back, front, corners and seat bottom with leg openings provided for legs to slide through. The high chair clean seat also comprises a strap and buckle for helping babies and toddlers sit more securely without using the soiled strap/buckle already found on restaurant high chairs. The strap/buckle system secures to the high chair by means of a small button-hole/slit on the bottom of each side of the high chair clean seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: Melissa Cohen-Fyffe
  • Patent number: 6851750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to child-seat liners. Specifically, the present invention provides protective articles comprising child-seat liners, systems comprising child-seat liners, methods for using child-seat liners (e.g. with a shopping cart), and methods for making child-seat liners. The present invention also provides child-seat liner cut-pieces and patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Bilby Products, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer M. Sampson, Steven M. Sampson