EP1150873A1 - Plateforme mobile et chariot a courses comprenant une telle plateforme - Google Patents

Plateforme mobile et chariot a courses comprenant une telle plateforme

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EP1150873A1
EP1150873A1 EP00901213A EP00901213A EP1150873A1 EP 1150873 A1 EP1150873 A1 EP 1150873A1 EP 00901213 A EP00901213 A EP 00901213A EP 00901213 A EP00901213 A EP 00901213A EP 1150873 A1 EP1150873 A1 EP 1150873A1
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Prior art keywords
movable platform
collapsible support
platform according
trolley
base
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Barbara Ann Harada Clutton
Richard George Clutton
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Priority claimed from GBGB9902038.0A external-priority patent/GB9902038D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB9922294.5A external-priority patent/GB9922294D0/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F7/00—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts
    • B66F7/06—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement
    • B66F7/0633—Mechanical arrangements not covered by the following subgroups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B3/00—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor
    • B62B3/04—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carried; Loading or unloading equipment
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B3/00—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor
    • B62B3/14—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys
    • B62B3/148—Adaptations facilitating the transport to the counter
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F7/00—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts
    • B66F7/06—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement
    • B66F7/0608—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement driven by screw or spindle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B2203/00—Grasping, holding, supporting the objects
    • B62B2203/07—Comprising a moving platform or the like, e.g. for unloading
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B2203/00—Grasping, holding, supporting the objects
    • B62B2203/10—Grasping, holding, supporting the objects comprising lifting means

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an improved shopping trolley which contains a movable inner platform to assist shoppers, particularly those with back problems or pregnant women, to load and unload the trolley with minimal bending of the spine .
  • Patent GB 2214470 A filed in 1988 by Aldo-Manta Limited uses spring supports above the platform plus rollers in guide channels to determine the movement of the platform.
  • GB Patent Application 2292712 of Karl Adrian James, entitled “Shopping trolley with self levelling base for goods” uses a base supported from below by springs.
  • J H orley in GB 2290756 A has vertical slide assemblies with a bag container supported and movable vertically by gas struts.
  • any commercially viable design of movable platform which can be retro-fitted to an existing shopping trolley or any design of trolley incorporating a movable platform, should be nestable, should allow the carriage of young children and carry shoppers goods generally as trolleys presently in use. Ideally they should provide increasing volume of trolley with increasing bulk of shoppers goods .
  • the present invention provides a movable platform for a trolley comprising, an upper platform spaced apart from a base by means of a collapsible support linkage and resisting means arranged to resist collapse of said collapsible support as the spacing between said upper platform and said base decreases, said resisting means being arranged such that resisting forces generated by said resisting means remain balanced against one another as the spacing between said upper platform and said base changes .
  • such a movable platform can be realised either as a separate, self supporting, platform apparatus which can be easily fitted to an existing shopping trolley or the platform apparatus can be incorporated as part of the trolley during manufacture.
  • the separate, self supporting, platform apparatus comprises an upper platform, a base, four collapsible support linkages between base and upper platform, means of resisting the collapsing of each of the support linkages as the load on the upper platform increases and means of retaining said resisting means such that the resisting forces are balanced against one another.
  • the collapsible support linkages are each constrained such that each will collapse in one vertical plane only.
  • the four collapsible support linkages are arranged (in plan view) to be across the 4 corners of a substantially square formation (i.e. as diagonally opposing pairs) . As the upper platform moves towards the base the four collapsible supports bend inwards such that their centres move equally towards the opposite collapsing support.
  • each resisting means acts between the centre of one collapsible support linkage and the centre of the X.
  • the four resisting means provide equally balanced resisting forces on the centre of the collapsible support linkages.
  • the lateral force exerted by each resisting means on the centre of each collapsible support linkage increases as the resisting means is compressed.
  • the platform moves towards the base with increasing load without tilt or lateral shift; for equal increments of loading, the platform will move down in increasing increments so providing increased volume within the trolley for bulky lightweight items; the strength of the resisting means can be varied to set the load at which the transition level occurs; the ratio of the unloaded to loaded height of the platform can be set by the length of the support linkages; the fully collapsed platform has minimal restoring force and so can be easily retained as a compact unit attached to the front of the trolley; the compact unit so attached does not prevent the nesting of trolleys; there are no guide rails or other attachments which need to be fixed to the trolley
  • Figure 1 shows in plan the unloaded platform apparatus
  • Figure 2 shows in elevation the unloaded platform apparatus
  • Figure 3 shows in elevation a partly loaded platform apparatus
  • Figure 4 shows in elevation a fully loaded platform apparatus
  • Figure 5 shows in elevation a platform incorporated in a trolley
  • Figure 6 shows in elevation an alternative platform incorporated in a trolley
  • Figure 1 shows a plan view of the base 2 with the four lower parts 4b of the four collapsible support linkages 3 rotatably attached.
  • the top 1 is similar to the base 2 and has the four upper parts 4a of the four collapsible support linkages 3 similarly rotatably attached.
  • Figure 2 shows two of the four collapsible support linkages 3, each of which consists of identical upper and lower members 4a, 4b and a central linking box 5.
  • the lower and upper parts 4a, 4b of the collapsible support linkages 3 are identical and are preferably made from round steel wire, bent into the desired U shape and given rigidity by welded cross members of the same material .
  • each of the eight linkages 4a, 4b pass through holes 8a in angled brackets 8 in both base 2 and top 1. This enables the linkages 4a, 4b to rotate but only in the planes of the diagonals.
  • the central sections 7a, 7b of the four upper and four lower linkage arms 4a, 4b pass through upper and lower pairs of holes 5a, 5b in the opposite sides of linkage box 5. If desired, friction reducing bushings 10 can be fitted to holes 5a, 5b, 5c and 8a in linkage box 5 and angled brackets 8 respectively.
  • each rod 11a, lib, lie, lid pass through pairs of holes 5c in each linkage box 5.
  • the four rods 11 are demountably attached at one extremity to a central boss 12.
  • Each rod 11 carries a compressible resisting means 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d which provides a resisting force between the central boss 12 and linkage box 5.
  • the holes 5c through which each rod 11 passes serve to keep the linkage box 5 perpendicular to rod 11 as the compressible resisting means 13 is compressed.
  • the underside of the base 2 has a hook 14 which allows the fully compressed platform to be hung onto the wired frame front of the trolley and also to be positioned on the base of the trolley at a point which allows the side panels 15, 16 to be extended on hinges 17 to rest against the trolley front and rear panels.
  • Figure 3 shows a partially loaded, partially compressed platform.
  • Upper and lower linkage arms 4a, 4b have hinge closer together pushing the linking boxes 5 closer to each other.
  • Resisting means 13 have been compressed somewhat on rods 11 to provide a resisting force between opposing linking boxes 5 via boss 12. This outward force provides an upward force on arms 4a, 4b to balance the downward force imposed by the load on the platform.
  • Hinged side panels 15, 16 continue to rest against the sloping sides of the front and rear panels of the trolley as the platform moves down.
  • Figure 4 shows the platform in its fully compressed position in normal use. Note that it is possible to compress the platform further but this is prevented by the stop arms 18 which hold the top 1 away from the base 2. In this position the link arms 4a, 4b are still held at an angle to each other which enables the force exerted by the compressible resisting means 13 to generate an uplifting force. This will raise the top 1 from the base 2 if the load on the platform reduces.
  • the stop arms 18 can swivel in holes la so that they can be manually moved parallel to the undersurface of the top 1 and so allow the top 1 to further approach the base 2.
  • the linkage arms 4a, 4b are almost parallel, so that the lateral force exerted by the compressible resisting means 13 provides almost no uplifting force to move the top 1 away from the base 2.
  • Engaging swing clips 20 on the top 1 with the studs 19 on the base 2 holds the top and base close together.
  • the platform assembly, with side panels 15, 16 folded back onto the top 1 can be hooked onto the front panel of the trolley.
  • trolleys can be nested.
  • the platform apparatus has been incorporated into a trolley by discarding the base 2, fitting the base of the trolley with the necessary angled brackets 8 to engage with the ends 6 of the link arms 4b and replacing the top 1 and side panels 15, 16 with one platform 21.
  • trolleys can be nested.
  • the platform apparatus can be pushed in its uncollapsed state to the front of the trolley by the action of the trolley tailgate as it swivels upwards as a second trolley is nested within.
  • the movable platform system remains substantially unchanged.
  • the top 1, bottom 2 and collapsible support linkages 3-13 remain unchanged.
  • Hook 14, clips 20 and studs 19 are no longer required.
  • Side panels 15, 16 are not hinged but slide in channels 22, 23 on either side of top 1.
  • Pivot pins 24 at the edge of the base 2 co-operate with brackets 25 which are fixed to the trolley to enable the base 2 to rotate about the axis between said brackets.
  • a lifting bracket 26 fixed to the tailgate of the trolley pushes up on the lower surface of the base 2 as the tailgate swivels. Bracket 26 therefore causes the movable platform assembly to lift and rotate from its normal operating position into the front of the trolley. Side panels 15, 16 slide closer together as the platform assembly rotates. The rearward side panel 15 slides downwards as it approaches a vertical position, the forward side panel 16 slides upwards as it presses against the front of the trolley.
  • a flexible linking member 27 connecting the front of bracket 26 with the base 2 causes the movable platform assembly to rotate rearwards as the tailgate swivels downwards.
  • the movable platform assembly comes to rest in its original operating position.

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Abstract

On décrit une plate-forme mobile pour chariot à courses comprenant des parties supérieure (1) et inférieure (2) reliées par un système de liaison pliable (3-13). La plateforme peut être adaptée en rattrapage sur un chariot à courses existant ou bien un chariot à courses peut être fabriqué de manière à comprendre la plate-forme. Cette plate-forme mobile aide l'utilisateur du fait qu'elle facilite le chargement et le déchargement de son chariot à courses.
EP00901213A 1999-01-30 2000-01-26 Plateforme mobile et chariot a courses comprenant une telle plateforme Withdrawn EP1150873A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9902038 1999-01-30
GBGB9902038.0A GB9902038D0 (en) 1999-01-30 1999-01-30 An improved shopping trolley
GBGB9922294.5A GB9922294D0 (en) 1999-09-22 1999-09-22 An improved shopping trolley
GB9922294 1999-09-22
PCT/GB2000/000214 WO2000044603A1 (fr) 1999-01-30 2000-01-26 Plateforme mobile et chariot a courses comprenant une telle plateforme

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