Abstract: An improved display device is disclosed for holding an advertisement or the like in a card or sheet-like form upon a shopping cart. The display device comprises a base panel having a substantially rectangular body and a plurality of longitudinal slots formed therethrough, the slots extending across the body of the base panel in separate radial and tangential directions to provide multiple areas of access to the shopping cart wall for balanced mounting of the device. Each of the slots is further provided with a support post extending centrally across the width of the slot to provide support for the attachment to the shopping cart wall by means of conventional cable ties. The display device further comprises a cover frame formed having a substantially rectangular outer configuration similar to that of the base panel and further formed having a rectangular aperture through the thickness of the frame thereby providing a rim section with a viewing window through the frame.

Abstract: A device for assisting a shopper includes a substantially rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces. The front surface includes a layer of dry erase material having numerous sets of indicia permanently imprinted thereon. Each set of indicia describes a select household item. Immediately adjacent each set of indicia is a blank box which may be marked with a dry erase marker to signify that the corresponding product has been deplenished. Blank spaces are interspersed among the sets of indicia allowing the user to write additional item descriptions therein. Each blank space also includes a blank box adjacent thereto. A magnetic pad is disposed on the rear surface of the pad allowing it to be conveniently displayed on a refrigerator door. A detachable clamp assembly allows the device to be attached to a shopping cart whereby the box adjacent a product is marked as it becomes deplenished and the mark is erased upon the deplenished item being purchased at the store.

Abstract: A device for placing information/advertising on a shopping trolley comprises a support element with a display surface, and brackets which grip around the shopping trolley handle. The brackets are shaped like supports with ergonomically-shaped handles, and they protrude down and out from the underside or side edges of the support element.

Abstract: A list holder is provided for a shopping cart of the type of which has a transverse handle at the rear of the cart, a rear wall which pivots upwardly in order to facilitate nesting of shopping carts, and which has a rear mini-basket formed with the rear wall, a supplemental rear wall which is pivotable about a bottom portion of the rear wall, and a pivotable seat between the rear wall and the supplemental rear wall. The list holder has a tray with a device for temporarily holding a shopping list, e.g. a clip. The tray is secured to a side wall of the shopping cart so that the tray is above the mini-basket and adjacent to the side wall. The list holder also has an arcuate rod for guiding a rearward path of movement of a top portion of the supplemental rear wall when the wall pivots upwardly.

Abstract: A personalized shopping system and method is disclosed including a portable map bearing written identifications of articles arranged in a pictorial representation corresponding to their display locations in a store. The portable map includes a written index adjacent to the pictorial representation as a cross-reference for locating articles in the store. The portable map is useable as both a shopping list for selecting articles for purchase and as an in-store directory for locating the selected articles. Also provided is a portable clipboard adapted for use with the portable map. The portable clipboard includes mounts for removably mounting the clipboard to the grocery cart, wherein the means for removably mounting is operable between a stored position for supporting the clipboard stable against a working surface and an extended position for supporting the clipboard stable on a grocery cart.

Abstract: A single-piece plastic body supermarket cart having a load basket and a base into which support wheels are mounted. The basket has a swinging rear wall. Between the swinging rear wall and the side walls are holes covered by corresponding plates that can be pushed against the side walls. These plates are positioned so that they are automatically in the closed position over the holes. The swinging wall has a built-in child seat formed by two plates. A back plate having side wings in combination with grooves located in the side walls serve as stops. The base is provided with a rear extension, where the rear wheels of the cart are mounted. Each wheel is attached by being fastened in a hole in the base.

Abstract: A display card holder which securely holds and displays a directory card or the like for use in connection with shopping baskets. The holder has releasable outer frame member which clamps the card to a backing member. The backing member is coupled to the shopping basket by means of a fastening device. The fastening device has a portion which engages the card and in combination with the outer frame member further ensures the clamping of the card to the backing member.

Abstract: An improvement of a push cart handle structure is provided to carry advertising indicia on a shopping cart structure. The improvement includes a handle structure having an elongated sleeve which is coaxially mounted on and bonded to an elongated metal tube so that the sleeve and metal tube are in a fixed and joined together. The elongated sleeve has an enlarged topside section and the section has an upwardly facing exterior surface and a transparent arcuately shaped cover engageable against the exterior surface. The cover has cover ends which extend angularly in a common direction towards each other from opposite sides of the cover. The elongated sleeve also has sockets which extend into the enlarged topside section and an arcuately shaped member which carries the advertising indicia and which is nestingly engaged against the upwardly facing surface on the elongated sleeve.

Abstract: In a shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure, and a basket fastened to the wheeled chassis and to the handle structure, the basket comprises a front panel molded from a plastic material and two side panels molded therefrom. Each of the front and side panels has a generally uniform lattice of hexagonal structures, each bordering a similarly shaped region, at least most of those regions being hexagonal apertures. An advertising card covering a portion of a selected panel is fastened to the selected panel by fasteners pressed into holes in plugs pressed tightly into associated ones of the hexagonal apertures or by fasteners pressed into holes in closed regions defined by the generally uniform lattice. The fasteners have barbed, threaded, or bifurcated shanks.

Abstract: Lettering plate (10) which is to be attached to the outside of a lattice jacket of a pallet container has a lower support edge (14) which is flanged or bevelled to the outside. The lower support edge abuts horizontal lattice rod (8) and reaches behind it. Two side edges (15, 16) of the lettering plate are flanged to the outside for resting on two vertical lattice rods (9). Openings (18) are provided in center section (17) of two side edges (15, 16) to hold horizontal lattice rod (8). The lettering plate (10) also has an upper edge (19) which is made as a clawed edge and which in the mounted state fits behind horizontal lattice rod (8) thereby resiliently bracing plate (10) against horizontal lattice rod (8). The horizontal lattice rod abuts the back of the plate in a middle plate section. The lower and upper edge (14, 15) have, depending on the size of lettering plate (10) and the grid division of the lattice jacket, one or more openings for holding one or more vertical lattice rods (9).

Abstract: A display card holder which securely holds and displays a directory card or the like for use in connection with shopping baskets. The holder has a releasable outer frame member which clamps the card to a backing member.

Abstract: A file marker for marking the position of material removed from a file drawer or similar receptacle is disclosed. The file marker comprises a relatively flat body portion having a body side edge, a depending leg portion having a leg edge in spaced parallel relation to the body side edge, and an intermediate portion extending between and connecting the body portion and leg portion. The leg edge and body side edge define a gap therebetween sized to receive a rail of a suspension file drawer which permits positioning of the body portion within the file drawer contents. The file marker is also usable within a conventional address/telephone card file in a horizontal position. A kit of color-coded file markers is also disclosed.

Abstract: A bracket assembly for mounting and supporting objects on shopping carts, comprising a mounting member and a U-shaped clamp configured to receive the handle of a shopping cart and capable of adjustable attachment to the mounting member. The mounting member has spaced apart ends extending from a central portion having spaced apart bores. The U-shaped clamp has outturned ends with slots positioned to align with the bores of the central portion of the mounting member for adjustable attachment thereto. The bracket assembly may include a support member configured to operably engage an inner surface of the mounting member and attached to the mounting member at the central portion and one of the spaced apart ends of the mounting member.

Abstract: A display card holder which securely holds and displays a directory card or the like for use in connection with shopping baskets. The holder has a releasable outer frame member which clamps the card to a backing member.

Abstract: A product identification and exhibiting system for bulk items placed in bins with or without individual packaging or identification, items which are carded and hung on display arms, or placed upon display shelves. A base member is attached to a number of aligned bins and upon said base member is placed a display member or the combination of a display member and display hub. The items in each bin are identified by a placard mounted upon the base member and by a representative sample mounted upon the display member-display hub combination.

Abstract: A placard for a curved object made from a sheet of material having first and second continuous edges and slits extending across a portion of the sheet. The continuous edges of the sheet may be brought together to form a flexible base for a placard that may be affixed to a curved object, such as a basket handle.

Abstract: An attachment device for grocery carts consisting of a pair of large plates attached to one another with one plate on each side of the front wall of the shopping cart basket. The large plates are about the same size as the front wall of the cart and act as a support surface for advertising indicia. A smaller plate is hinged to the top of the large plates and has an index for locating items in the store. The smaller piece may comprise a pair of plates of transparent material.

Abstract: A display plate for a wire-netting cage is composed of a metallic plate member having a circular central opening portion and two opening portions each having a different sectional contour formed therethrough and a display member molded of a synthetic resin while including a circular central protuberance and two protuberances each having a different sectional contour. The metallic plate member is fixedly attached to a front surface of the wire-netting cage by welding it to two vertically extending steel wires. The display member is assembled with the metallic plate member by fitting the central circular protuberance of the display member into the central circular opening portion formed through the metallic plate member and then turning the metallic plate member with the central opening portion as a center.

Abstract: A store coupon organizing and dispensing apparatus. The apparatus has a coupon holder disposed in an elongated frame with a lower notch adapted to engage a handle of a shopping cart. The lower notch is adapted also to serve as a carrying handle. The coupon holder has a rotary mechanism which includes a drum with rods disposed on it. The rods are adapted to hold the coupon file cards, such that when the drum is rotated the coupons are serially revealed for selection by a user. Alternatively, the coupon file cards may be pivoted about an arcuate hub which is housed in a similar elongated frame. A calculator is preferably mounted on an external top face of the frame to allow a user to tally and compare prices of items. An internal enclosed storage cavity is included in the frame for storing coupons selected for use by the shopper.

Abstract: A removable marking plate is provided for use with an intermediate bulk container including a vessel surrounded by a wire mesh cage. The marking plate comprises a rectangular plate with a front surface and a rear surface to be carried on the cage with the rear surface in surface contact with the cage. The front surface is adapted to receive marking information. A plurality of first fasteners are provided. Each comprises an arm extending rearwardly from the plate along one side to define a pocket for capturing a portion of wire from the cage between the arm and the rear surface to pivotally retain the plate on the cage. A plurality of second fasteners extend rearwardly from the plate other than at the one side edge.

Abstract: The invention comprises a disposable handle cover and entertainment center which may be detachably secured to a shopping cart handle. The invention provides the child with a more sanitary environment and also amuses and arouses the attention of the child carried in the shopping cart. The handle cover and entertainment center is of a rigid material e.g., cardboard or the like, and is therefore relatively inexpensive. Furthermore, the handle cover and entertainment center provides at least one amusement item and is also equipped with a drawing surface where the child can either draw or color with a drawing instrument included with the handle cover and entertainment center. The entertainment center can also contain advertisements or other commercial messages, or it can be in the form of a bingo card.

Abstract: A display card holder which securely holds and displays a directory card or the like for use in connection with shopping baskets. The holder has a releasable outer frame member which clamps the card to a backing member.

Abstract: For walls of shopping cart baskets, advertising panels which include a plate element and a frame element which fits on the plate element and is releasably held in place thereon by a tab-and-slot arrangement. When held in place, a slot and a card display area which is encircled by the frame element are formed between the plate and frame elements. An advertisement display card can then be easily slid into and out of the display area through this slot. Projections on at least one of the elements keep the carol from falling out of place when in the area. Retrofitted and molded-in panel versions are disclosed. Plate elements of the retrofitted version can be secured together on the inside and outside of the basket wall providing inwardly and outwardly disposed display areas.

Abstract: An advertisement display device for use on the handle of a shopping cart is provided. The device has a versatile display area on which a set of inner advertisement frames and one larger, outer advertisement frame are located. Advertisement sheets may be removably mounted in the frames. Fastening members are provided for clamping the multipiece device onto the handle of an existing shopping cart without disturbing the handle.

Abstract: An advertisement display unit for use with the sidewall of a shopping cart basket, which display unit includes an enlarged platelike base member and a ring-shaped cover member hingedly coupled to the base member and swingable between an open position and a closed position wherein it overlies the base member for clamping a sheetlike advertisement therebetween. The cover and base members define a separable hinge structure which provides a desirable hinge connection which enables the cover member to swing to an open position and be supportingly maintained in the open position, but which also enables the cover member to be vertically lifted upwardly when in the open position so as to slidably separate the hinge to totally disconnect the cover member from the base member.

Abstract: For walls of shopping cart baskets, advertising panels which include a plate element and a frame element which fits on the plate element and is releasably held in place thereon by a tab-and-slot arrangement. When held in place, a slot and a card display area which is encircled by the frame element are formed between the plate and frame elements. An advertisement display card can then be easily slid into and out of the display area through this slot. Projections on at least one of the elements keep the card from falling out of place when in the area. Retrofitted and molded-in panel versions are disclosed. Plate elements of the retrofitted version can be secured together on the inside and outside of the basket wall providing inwardly and outwardly disposed display areas.

Abstract: An advertisement card display assembly particularly suitable for walls of plastic shopping carts. The assembly includes a rectangular backing plate held or formed in a cart wall opening. An upright wall is formed on and about the entire perimeter of the plate. Inwardly disposed tabs are formed on top of the wall on three of the four sides define slots. Display cards can be inserted from the fourth side into the slots and into a display position against the backing plate. The tabs retain the card in the display position. Keeper ribs on the backing plate at the fourth side prevent the card from slipping out of the display position but do not prevent the removal therefrom by being lifted slightly and slid back out the slots. The entire assembly is injection molded as one piece with the basket wall. Mold inserts form the slots and tabs.

Abstract: A shopping cart has a wheeled frame and a basket secured to the frame for carrying groceries or other items to be purchased. A pair of reinforcing rails runs along the top of the basket, the rails being welded on the respective inner and outer sides of the side and front end walls to leave a small gap between the rails. At least one of the rails has identifying or security indicia stamped at spaced intervals along its length on its innermost face which faces the opposing rail. The small gap between the rails makes it very difficult to remove or obliterate the indicia without dismantling the rails from the cart.

Abstract: A basket wall and display card assembly including a basket wall having interior and exterior wall faces. A back plate is secured to and integrally formed and molded with the basket wall and generally encircled by the basket wall. The back plate has a front face, a plate perimeter and an upright edge wall around a substantial portion of the plate perimeter and extending out from the front face. The front face is recessed in a distance from the exterior wall face. A display card frame is manufactured as a separate piece from the back plate, and a notch and tab assembly releasably holds the frame relative to the edge wall whereby the frame and the back plate are in a securely held position. This holding assembly allows the frame and the back plate to be completely separable one from the other. When the frame and the back plate are in the held position, a display card display area is defined generally therebetween wherein a replaceable diplay card can be held and viewed generally through the frame.

Abstract: A display holder for attachment to grocery carts including a panel writing surface, cart engaging clamp attached to and a foldable support pivotally attached to the underside of the panel to support the holder on the cart.

Abstract: A holder for receiving articles, such as greeting cards, magazines, or the like. The holder is mountable within the basket of a shopping cart and has a vertical first panel and a vertical second panel and vertical sides on at least one of the panels for defining an open top. The holder also has a horizontal floor locatable between the panels, the floor being movable between a lower receipt orientation and an upper discharge orientation. The floor has a finger for effecting the movement of the floor between its orientations, and means for coupling the panels together and the holder to a shopping cart.

Abstract: A shopping basket accessory includes a partition for covering a bin area of a conventional shopping cart and for providing a solid writing surface proximate the handle on the conventional shopping cart. A partition is mounted on a generally vertical divider disposed within the conventional shopping cart for enabling the partition to be stored in the generally parallel relationship on either side of the divider and lifted to a position extending between the divider and the shopping cart handle.

Abstract: A rotary display (10) for printed advertisements (40) is mounted on a shopping cart (12) and advanced by movement of the shopping cart. The rotary display includes an elongated rotary display drum (14) on which the advertisements are disposed. The display drum is drivingly linked by the meshing of a follower gear (62) with a drive gear (60) that is attached to one end (54) of a bowden cable (16). The opposite end of the bowden cable is drivingly linked to a wheel (22) of the shopping cart by a follower gear (64) that meshes with a drive gear (66) mounted on the wheel. Rotation of the shopping cart wheel is transmitted via the bowden cable to the display drum to cause rotational display of the advertisements contained thereon.

Abstract: Molded-in advertising panels which may be integrally formed with any of the walls of a plastic shopping cart basket. The molded-in advertising panel includes a plate portion, molded with and recessed from the outer surface of the walls of the plastic basket, and a frame element. The frame element for the molded-in panel is preferably identical to that for the retrofitted panel embodiment and is also retained in position using tabs and slots.

Abstract: A grocery shopper organizer includes a generally flat board adapted to support coupons for groceries and the like on the top surface of the board as well as other convenience accessories such as a shopping list, calculator, pen, etc. The organizer is conveniently mounted on the upper edge of any upright wall of a shopping cart by means of an open-bottom channel strip situated on the bottom surface of the board adjacent the front edge thereof. Accordingly, the board acts as a counterweight to pivot downwardly to a convenient inclination for the shopper.

Abstract: An attachment for a shopping cart for securing a grocery list, shopping coupons, etc. The attachment includes a base member upon which spaced bars are secured by spring loaded holders. The base member is secured to the cross-handle of the shopping cart by use of a clamp having the general inner shape of the handle. The bars are lifted in order to place the grocery list or coupons under the bars.

Abstract: A display board that may be mounted on a shopping cart is presented. A large sheet of preferably plastic material is folded to form a display board which fits over wire rods of a shopping cart. One side of the display board is used as a store directory. Indicia may be printed on the one side of the board to indicate the items in the store and the locations of the items. Alternatively, pieces of paper with adhesive backings may be used to indicate the store locations of the items instead of having the information printed on the board. The other side of the board may be used for advertising purposes. Advertising information may be printed on the board, or a paper with an adhesive backing may be used to display advertising information. A fastening device may be used to hold the two halves of the display board together.

Abstract: A display window apparatus adapted to selectively display long-term and short-term advertisements on a newspaper rack. The apparatus includes an opening formed through a portion of the front wall of the track. A substantially rigid, transparent member is disposed in covering relation with the opening along an inner face of the rack front wall. A flexible member is associated with a first, rear face of the transparent member for accommodating receipt of long term advertising material therebetween. Plural channel defining members are secured in spaced apart relation to the outer face of the rack adjacent the transparent member for receiving and supporting short-term advertising material therebetween.

Abstract: A directory frame for receiving a directory card or the like for use on a shopping cart. A pair of frame members are mounted back-to-back on a shopping cart and are adapted to receive a store directory or product advertisement placard. A raised rim portion extends around the periphery of the frame members to position the directory cards, while tab sections in the directories align with and are inserted into slots in the frame members to affix the directory cards. There are apertures in each corner of the frame member for receiving the corners of a directory card. Insertion and removal of directory cards can be accomplished without the aid of hand tools.

Abstract: A label holder for a product information label is suspended from a wire rod forming part of a wire basket, wire shelf, or the like containing the product, the label holder having elongate tabs along the upper margin which loop around the rod and attach to the body of the holder. The tabs have adhesive inner surfaces which are pressed into engagement with the rod so as to stabilize the label holder against swaying when traversed by a bar code reader.

Abstract: A label holder of plastic sheet material is particularly adapted for use on wire rod structures having a horizontal wire rod and one or more vertical wire rods depending from the horizontal rod. The label holder has a central label panel and upper and lower attachment portions. Each attachment portion has a tab with a rod-engaging aperture and slit. The upper attachment portion is folded over the top of the horizontal rod and its aperture is engaged with a vertical rod from behind. The aperture of the lower attachment portion is engaged with the vertical rod from the front. The angle of the label panel is set by adjusting the degree of folding between the label panel and the lower attachment portion.

Abstract: A retention clamp for attachment to a wire frame of a shopping cart to retain substantially flat articles, such as advertising papers and magazines against a wire wall section of the cart. The clamp comprises a pressure retention member to apply retention pressure at spaced apart areas of the flat articles captive between the wire wall section and the member. The retention member has a pressure-biasing attachment end engageable with straight wire members of the wire frame to maintain the retention member pressure biased against the wire frame to define a clamping jaw for retaining the substantially flat articles in the jaw between the retention member and the wire frame.

Abstract: A clipboard is provided with a flexible hook which allows it to be selectively positioned over a curved vehicle steering wheel. A bottom portion of the clipboard is provided with a Velcro attachment strap to securely attach the clipboard to the steering wheel. The clipboard may then be used to hold books, writing material, or the like.

Abstract: A point of purchase display including a sign and a fastener made of a flat formable strip of clear vinyl or like bendable plastic material with adhesive surface portions on each side which may attach to the sign or to surfaces such as a shelf, wall or a window. The fastener may be bent to form a loop around a wire or rod and the ends attached to either side of a sign, without any surface adhesive connection to the rod or wire. Alternatively, the sign may be supported from such wall or window with the respective end secured to the wall or window and the sign to form a wobbler. For convenience, the strips may be manufactured by scoring a continuous sheet transversely which sheet may be coiled for packaging.

Abstract: A handle for a shopping cart comprised of elongated tubular member having opposed securable ends. At each end of the tubular member there is provided a lock pin formation which extends outwardly thereof to be received in an arresting passageway of an attachment portion of a respective handle support arm secured to a shopping cart. A fastener element secures the ends of the tubular member to a respective one of the support arms and extends axially into the tubular member for retention of the lock pin formation in the passageway thereby preventing axial rotation of the tubular member. The end cross sections of each tubular member also constitutes an arresting formation which is nested in a retention cavity formed in the handle attachment portion of each of the handle support arms. This formation is received in close fit in the retention cavity to further prevent axial rotation of the handle.

Abstract: A shopping cart is disclosed with a point-of-purchase advertising display which includes an octagonal, transparent display tube, rotatably mounted adjacent the cart's handle. The display tube is mounted on a shaft which is journaled on brackets on the cart's frame, thus isolating the tube from stresses arising from abuse of the cart. Advertising strips are mounted within the display tube for viewing as the tube is rotated by the cart's user. These strips may be replaced through use of a temporary support, as trunnions supporting the shaft are shifted outwardly to permit removal of the end cap of the display assembly. In another embodiment, a portion of the end cap is separately removable to permit replacement of the advertising strips. In a third embodiment, the shaft is omitted and the end caps are journaled on trunnions projecting from brackets on the frame of the cart. Also described is a method for assuring free rotation of the advertising display, when it is mounted on the frame of a cart.

Abstract: A modular display unit having upper and lower wall panels, side panels, and a rear end panel, the front of such unit being open, interlock connectors extending upwardly and inwardly from the upper wall panel, and downwardly and inwardly from the lower wall panel, being interengageable with corresponding interlock connectors on adjacent units for vertical stacking, whereby said lower panel means of one said unit rests generally square against said upper panel of an adjacent lower said unit, and further having display panel supports extending forwardly from one side of the unit to receive a display panel and having information supports attached to the unit, to receive product information.

Abstract: A magazine display rack disclosed is comprised of a plurality of cages in a trough-like housing that may be secured on a display panel or wall. Each cage, which has a sheet or sheets in front to screen all of the magazine cover except its title and issue date, may be pivoted outwardly on the front edge of the trough-like housing to insert or remove a magazine through the open bottom of the cage. All magazine cages are ganged together by a heavy wire or rod so that in pivoting the cages to remove a magazine, all magazines must be held up in their cages. Any magazine not held up in its cage will slide along the bottom of the trough-like housing, until it engages the rear corner thereof. This helps prevent unauthorized removal of a magazine from its cage.

Abstract: A transparent panel assembly consists of an upper and lower plate defining a space therebetween. It is secured to the cart and extends across the space between the transverse push rod and the upper transverse rod or bar of the rear side of the cart body. Printed advertisements or notices etc. may be detachably inserted within the space or spaces between the upper and lower panels, visible to the shopper pushing the cart. Clamps extend around the push bar and are secured to the adjacent edge of the panel holding this edge adjacent the underside of the push bar and further clamps extend around the other transverse rod and engage the underside of the other edge of the panel which rests upon the upper transverse rod for support. The sheet or sheets of display material carrying the advertisements or notices, extend slightly from the panel under the push bar where it is shielded yet permitting easy access for removal and replacement purposes.

Abstract: A store cart having a clipboard fixed thereto for retaining items such as discount coupons or shopping lists used in the store; and the support of the clipboard is by a loose but positive connection to the cart handle. The clipboard is swingable on the handle between a hanging-down position, and a generally horizontal position for presentation of all the store items to the cart user. The clipboard's length permits it to be also supported by a fixed frame portion of the cart basket, and independent of any foldable partition of the basket; and in each of its positions not interfering with the nesting characteristic of stored carts awaiting use.