DE8902179U1 - Shopping cart with removable baskets - Google Patents

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DESCRIPTION

The invention relates to a shopping cart as used for transporting various goods to customers in retail stores, supermarkets and shopping centers.

The trolley has removable baskets on a mobile and steerable frame with movable wheels

of different sizes, with which customers can load the purchased goods directly into their vehicles or carry them home3.

The conventional shopping carts require in production for the manufacture of the fixed with the

The basket connected to the chassis has a high

Manufacturing effort. A large number of different sized carts are in use, designed to meet the specific needs of the markets. All of these conventional models of shopping carts burden customers with having to reload the purchased goods several times when transporting them between the store and their home.

The invention aims to limit the existing variety of shopping cart models by constructing a cart, thus simplifying the production of carts and baskets,

and increase the flexibility of goods transport for consumers.

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This is achieved:

1. by the construction of the car as defined in claim 1,

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2. through a range of transport baskets that are coordinated with the chassis and can be detachably linked, which can be adapted to individual shopping requirements.

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Shopping with conventional shopping carts requires the customer to load and unload the selected and purchased goods several times. Frequent reloading leads to:
to damage to the less durable and stable packaged products and to impairment due to weather influences,
as well as

to loss of time in the parking lots,

lü for dragging the carts beyond the market area,

and increased consumption of environmentally harmful means of transport (plastic bags).

The invention has set itself the task of

The aim is to limit the variety of different types of shopping trolleys by using a universally usable trolley with variable, detachable baskets of different sizes and shapes. This avoids the disadvantages of the one-sided usability of conventional trolleys. The means of transport of the type described here is suitable for dividing the single basket, which is traditionally firmly connected to the chassis, into several small, transportable baskets, which can be used frequently.

Reloading during transport of purchased goods to

and adapt them to the volume and type of purchases made by customers.

The baskets can also be used for the separate collection and return of packaging materials and other recyclable household waste.

The invention solves the problem primarily by the construction shown in claim 1.

By replacing the conventional, fixed with the mobile

The door basket connected to the base frame is divided into individual baskets of different sizes, equipped with carrying devices, which are adapted to accommodate the various groups of goods.

The advantages achieved by the invention are essentially that

customers can sort the goods when shopping according to their later use or storage in the household,

reduced and easier reloading is achieved, as the smaller baskets can also be moved by less strong people; the larger baskets can be easily moved and shifted using suitable devices on the chassis,

a collection of certain waste and its
Return transport from households to the same
containers in such a way that the different materials can be collected and pre-sorted separately in the differently designed baskets;

the baskets in the dimensions of both the

Setting options in households bill
carry and can be set up in a space-saving manner,

the production of the wagons is simplified by restricting it to the chassis and the universal use is made possible by the variable use of the

differently designed baskets will lead to a reduction in the variety of types.

In the following, the invention is explained in more detail using drawings that only show one embodiment and that are limited solely to the explanation of the

principle and do not provide scaled information

or determinations.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a shopping cart according to the invention with the attached

transport baskets. Figure 2 shows the chassis of a shopping cart without Baskets in perspective view.

rigur 3 shows a side view of the shopping cart with attached baskets in one of the possible variants,

Figure 4 shows a schematic representation of variants

the use of baskets on the upper transport level of a trolley according to the invention.

Figure 5 shows possibilities for stacking the baskets
4.0 outside the car.

Figures 1 to 5 show a shopping cart with
removable baskets, which in its
basic structure of a chassis A and
several flexible baskets B to F of different shapes and sizes.

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The chassis consists of profile frames U and 0, which are formed continuously according to the invention and are connected by spars K to movable rollers R, S, T, M, J. The rollers S, T and M are interrupted in such a way that hooks H protrude beyond the radius of the roller in order to engage the first lower cross-braces (Z) of the rear sides of the
The chassis has a trapezoidal base so that the trolleys that do not have baskets can be stacked inside each other.

At the four corners of the lower trapezoidal
Steerable wheels (W) are attached to the frame.
The platform (P) formed by the profiles of the frame and the rollers R, S and T for receiving the

Shopping baskets are inclined at an angle a to the horizontal. The bars and rollers R, S and T are between the
Frame of the chassis U in such a way that the axis of the roller S is below the line RT so that an inclination from R to S is created for the reception of the basket F, so that the basket F also falls into the
Hook H is held by roller T.

This prevents the baskets from being released from the trolley due to lateral or frontal forces.

The distance between the rollers R, S and T is designed in such a way that the rear basket can be pulled over the previously attached rollers using its base.

The baskets are on a rectangular base so

designed so that their backs are higher than the fronts, so that loading is possible even at
horizontal, stacked arrangement outside the vehicle is possible.

Baskets B, C, D and E form, with simultaneous

inventive use of a uniform loading area on the chassis (A).

Baskets B to E are provided with handles (L) as a carrying device in such a way that the handles ensure additional connection and strengthening of the baskets by reaching over the neighboring basket when the baskets are placed in the trolley. Baskets B to E have a locking mechanism (J) on their sides below the pivot points of the handle attachment for the handles placed forward, so that baskets B and C, D and E can be used one above the other in another place.

The basket F is conical and has recessed handles (V) on each side to aid transport.

The dimensions of the baskets are designed so that baskets B and C can be stacked inside each other.

Claims (1)

Protection claims Claim 1. Trolley with removable baskets of different sizes and designs for the transport and storage of various objects, characterized in that &iacgr;&ogr; that a mobile support frame (A) accommodates baskets of different sizes (B to F), which are provided with carrying devices (L) and can be releasably attached to one another together or individually on the chassis. Claim 2. Hagen according to claim 1, characterized in that the chassis of the carriage is formed by supports (U and O) connected and shaped in their central section according to the invention, to the lower sides of which the movable wheels (W) are fixed and whose central, oppositely extending sections form a platform (P) inclined backwards to the horizontal for däp them movable rollers (R, S, T), between which the hooks (H) projecting beyond the radius of the rollers are attached, are connected to one another on the beams K of different lengths in such a way that the outline of the carriage forms a _trapezoid , while the upper section of the frame 0 is shaped in such a way that it serves first as a support with the hooks (H) for the baskets D and E, then as a guide drawbar (G). ft ft
ft* I · · ft · ft Claim 3. Cars according to claim 1, 2, characterized in that the baskets B to F are arranged in different sizes and shapes on the Chassis (A) must be mounted so that the baskets of the respective width with their &khgr; front side on the corresponding roller (R to T) ^- should be placed, the distance between the preceding rollers is less than the depth of the following basket, and are held with the first lower crossbars (Z) of their back in the hooks (H) between the rollers of the rear beam, whereby the rollers R and S are attached to the frame of the undercarriage U in such a way that the axis of the Roller S is below the line RT in order to When receiving the basket F, an inclination R towards S must be formed so that the basket F can be held in the hook (H) of the roller (T). 25 Claim 4. Car after 1, - 3, characterized in that the baskets B to E are formed on a rectangular plan of different sizes with a low front, a higher back wall and bevelled sides and are provided with carrying devices (L) which, when placed in the trolley, ensure additional fastening by reaching over into the next basket and, when the baskets are placed outside, by means of the locking device (J) in front of the pivot point of the carrying handles for the basket placed forward. Handle L allows for stacking. Claim 5. Car according to claims 1-4, characterized in that the basket F is arranged on both the Platform P according to claim 2 as well as on the rollers A and N of the frame U in such a way that the basket, which has a rectangular base with angled sides of equal height, is guided longitudinally over the roller N to the roller M, where it is held by the upper cross struts in the hooks (H) of the roller M. Claim 6. Carriage according to claim 1,-5, characterized in that the underside of the baskets according to claim 3 consists of a flat, perforated surface on the upper and lower sides, which can be moved in any position over the rollers (R to N).