JP2002220058A - Shopping cart - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shopping cart furnished with a cage receptacle installed under a hand-push handle, wherein the receptacle does not obstruct the cart to be nested while a cage can be supported stably. SOLUTION: The shopping cart 10 is structured so that it admits from behind, the front part of another one 16 of the same construction, and is equipped with a chassis furnished with a hand-push handle 26 and the cage receptacle 20 installed under the handle and supported swingably by the chassis in such a way as capable of supporting the cage at its bottom, wherein the cage receptacle swings in receiving a pressing force of the other cart 16 behind when it is to be inserted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shopping cart for use by customers in a store such as a supermarket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Shopping carts can be nested for reasons such as ease of organizing and storing a large number of carts and saving space for organizing and storing them. That is, a part of another shopping cart can be received from the front part of the one shopping cart from the back.

A shopping cart supports a cart provided with a handle for pushing, and a shopping basket (hereinafter simply referred to as a "basket") which is disposed below the handle and is supported by the cart and temporarily stores products. And a basket receiver for

In a conventional shopping cart, the basket receiver is constituted by a plurality of pairs of arms which are arranged at a distance from each other and extend to the rear of the cart so as not to hinder the reception of other shopping carts during nesting. (Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3068822).

[0005] The car usually has a rectangular opening upper end, and the car is supported on the car receiver by placing a pair of opposing opening edges on a pair of arms of the car receiver and hooking them. Can be.

[0006] However, due to the poor quality of the way the car is hooked on the arm, the action of external force on the car, or the deformation of the car due to the uneven distribution, weight, etc. of the goods normally contained in the car made of synthetic resin. However, there has been a problem that the opening edge of the car easily comes off the arm and the car falls off the shopping cart. In addition, there is a problem that the above-described conventional car receiver cannot be applied to cars having different sizes.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a car receiver which is arranged below a pushing handle of a shopping cart, which stably supports the car and does not hinder the nesting of the shopping cart. An object of the present invention is to provide a shopping cart having a basket receiver. It is another object of the present invention to provide a shopping cart having a car receiver which can be similarly applied to cars of different sizes.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A shopping cart according to the present invention is capable of receiving a part of another shopping cart from the front thereof from the rear thereof, a cart provided with a handle for pushing, and the handle. And a car receiver swingably supported by the cart, the car receiver being capable of supporting a car at its bottom, wherein the car receiver is adapted to receive the other shopping cart. It swings under the pressing force from the other shopping cart.

[0009] The car receiver may have a roller provided at a position where the car cart receives a pressing force from the other shopping cart. In addition, the shopping cart may further include another basket receiver supported by the handle.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the size of the car receiver, which is arranged below the push handle of the shopping cart and supported by the cart, can support the car at the bottom thereof. Regardless of the difference,
The car can be stably and safely supported so as not to fall easily. Further, since the car receiver is swingable and swings by receiving a pressing force from the other shopping cart when the other shopping cart is received, it does not hinder the nesting of the shopping cart.

[0011] When a roller is disposed on the car receiver at a location where the roller receives the pressing force from the other shopping cart, the roller rotates when the car receiver receives the pressing force from the other shopping cart. The frictional force generated between the car receiver and the other shopping cart can be reduced, and the swing motion of the car receiver can be made smoother.

[0012] The above-mentioned handle can be attached with another car support supported by the handle, thereby increasing the load capacity of the car in the shopping cart.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, there is shown an example of a shopping cart 10 having a car receiver 20 to which the present invention is applied.

The shopping cart 10 has a tapered front part 12.
And a flared rear portion 14.

The shopping cart 10 is provided with a part of another shopping cart 16 (see FIG. 5) which is identical to the shopping cart 16 from the rear thereof.
Can be accepted from.

That is, this receiving state is caused by pushing the front part 12 of another shopping cart 16 into the rear part 14 of the shopping cart 10 ahead of the other shopping carts, and this receiving or nesting allows a large number of shopping carts to be efficiently placed. Can be organized and stored.

The shopping cart 10 includes a cart 18 and
A car receiver 20 supported by the cart. In the illustrated example, another car receiver 22 is further provided.

A car 23 (FIG. 3) for temporarily storing a product is placed on each of the car receivers 20 and 22. The basket 23 is generally used in a store such as a supermarket, and has a rectangular open upper end.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bogie 18 is a bogie frame 24.
And a push handle 26 for the shopping cart 10. In the illustrated example, a postscript sheet 36 for an infant is placed on the trolley frame 24 of the shopping cart 10, and the periphery of the trolley 18 is covered with a cover 28 that resembles the front of the body of the automobile.

The shopping cart may be replaced with the infant seat as long as the nesting is possible.
For example, it may be provided with a bogie frame on which a receiving portion, a receiving plate, and the like for placing products are arranged.

Truck frame 2 supported by a plurality of casters 30
4 is formed by bending a steel pipe or rod, for example.
It consists of two frame members 32 and 34.

[0022] One frame member 32 and the other frame member 34 define a front portion 12 and a rear portion 14 of the shopping cart, respectively.

One of the frame members 32 extending horizontally in the front-rear direction generally extends rearward and rearward, and its two rear ends are inclined upward. Further, the other frame member 34 is connected to both rear ends of the one frame member 32 and is connected to two legs extending upward as a whole, that is, a pair of inclined portions 34a supported by a pair of casters 30, and to the upper ends thereof. It has a pair of vertical portions 34b and a U-shaped end portion extending obliquely upward from the upper end of the vertical portion toward the rear. The U-shaped end defines a handle 26.

An infant seat 36 is arranged on the bogie frame 18. The seat 36 has a seat 38 and a backrest 40 connected to the seat 38 at an obtuse angle. The sheet 36 is made of, for example, a plastic molding.

The seat 36 is provided on the top 4 of the backrest 40.
2, it is swingably supported by the cart 18. More specifically, it is supported at its front by the handle 26.

To support the seat 36, a bar 44 is fixed to the front of the handle 26 so as to extend in the transverse direction or the width direction (the width direction of the shopping cart 10). On the back surface of the seat back 40, an elongated mounting bracket 46 having a hat-shaped cross section extending in the width direction thereof.
Are fixed, and the bar 44 penetrates the mounting bracket.

Thus, the seat 36 is directed forward in the shopping cart 10 and can swing around the bar 44 in spaces defined by the rear part of the frame member 32 and the front part of the frame member.

The seat 36 is also supported on the frame member 32 via a crank-shaped bar 48 on the lower surface of the seat 38. The crank-shaped bar 48 is arranged so as to protrude above the frame member 32 and is fixed to the frame member 32 at both ends thereof and extends in a direction crossing the frame member 32.

On the other hand, the seat 36 is provided with a concave groove 50 which is opened on the lower surface of the seat 38 and extends in the width direction thereof. The crank-shaped bar 48 extends in a recess 50 along a portion thereof. Thus, the seat 36 is maintained so as to swing only to the front side and not to the rear side, and the seat 38 is kept horizontal.

According to this, when the handle is pushed for nesting and another shopping cart 16 is pushed into the rear space of the shopping cart 10 in front of it, the cover defining the substantial front part 12 of the shopping cart 10. The upper front end of the seat 28 is the backrest 40 of the seat 36.
And presses against it. The sheet 36 that has received the pressing force swings forward around the bar 44,
The seat 38 moves from a position above the crank bar 48 to a position further upward in front (see FIG. 5).

Thus, the other shopping cart 16
A part including the front part of the shopping cart goes further forward in the shopping cart 10, is received in the shopping cart 10, and the nesting is completed. As a result, both shopping carts 10 and 16 partially overlap.

The infant seat is replaced by an axial line extending in the width direction or transverse direction of the shopping cart, for example, at the bottom front end of the seat 38, instead of the illustrated example in which it is swingably supported at the top of the backrest. It may be swingably supported around. According to this, at the time of nesting, the sheet rotates forward due to the pressing force of another shopping cart 16 and is brought forward.
The front of the other shopping cart 16 can be advanced to the space created by the seat being moved forward.

The car tray 20 for placing the car 23 is
It is arranged below the handle 26 and is swingably supported by the bogie frame 24 (more specifically, the other frame member 34).

As shown in FIG. 2, the car receiver 20 includes an arm 54 having a generally U-shape and a support member 56 fixed to the arm 54.

The U-shaped arm 54 is disposed behind the two vertical portions 34b of the frame member 34, and is pivotally connected at both ends to the vertical portions 34b.

The U-shaped arm 5 for the frame member 34
In order to pivotally connect 4, a plate-like bracket 58 is attached to each vertical portion 34b of the frame member 34, and a bolt 60 that penetrates the bracket 58 and extends in the width direction of the frame 34 is prepared. On the other hand, a plate 64 having a bolt hole 62 is attached to each end of the U-shaped arm 54.

The two ends of the U-shaped arm 54 are disposed outside the vertical portions 34b facing each other so that the two plates 64 of the arm 54 are in the form of the two brackets 58 of the frame, respectively. A nut 66 is screwed into a bolt 60 passing through the nut.

Accordingly, the U-shaped arm 54 located behind the vertical portion of the frame member 34 can swing about both bolts 60 extending substantially in the horizontal direction.

The U-shaped arm 54 has both ends disposed outside the vertical portions 34b of the frame member.
The inclined portion 34a of the frame member, in the illustrated example, the inclined portion 3
It contacts a part of the cover 28 located outside the outer side 4a, and is prevented from further swinging. In this state, the arm 54 is slightly inclined downward.

In this downwardly inclined state of the arm 54, the support member 56 is substantially horizontal and supports the car 23 mounted thereon.

The supporting member 56 shown in the figure is formed by bending a steel wire into a hat shape as a whole.
a body 56 mounted on it so as to extend across it
a, and both ends 56b fixed to both sides 54b of the arm and traversing the lower sides thereof under the both sides.

The support member 56 has such a size that the car 23 can be stably mounted thereon. The basket 23 placed on the support member 56 includes the side portions 54b of the arm, the sheet 36,
The movement in the horizontal direction is restricted by the rising portion 56c formed by folding the main body 56a of the support member.

The car receiver 20 including the U-shaped arm 54 and the support member 56 receives the collision force from the front of another shopping cart 16 which is pushed into the shopping cart 10 for nesting, and the support member 56 is moved to its position. Swing to change the front upward. At this time, a part of the other shopping cart 16 including the front part can move forward in the shopping cart 10 through the space defined by the support member 56 and both side parts 54b of the arm ( (See FIG. 5).

Preferably, a support member of the car receiver 20 against which the front part of the other shopping cart 16 comes into contact so that the car receiver 20 receiving the pressing force of the other shopping cart 16 can swing more smoothly. Rising section 56c
The roller 68 is arranged at the position.

The roller 68 is rotatably supported at both ends thereof by a pair of brackets 70 mounted below the rising portion 56c. When the roller 68 hits the front of the other shopping cart 16, the roller 68 rotates about the swing axis of the car receiver 20, that is, the axis parallel to the two bolts 60, and the front of the other shopping cart 16 rises 56 c And the friction between them can be reduced, and the front of another shopping cart 16 can easily be sunk under the rising portion 56c.

The other car receiver 22 is supported by a handle 26. The car receiver 22 is formed by bending a steel wire rod, and has a main body 22a which is entirely bent in a hat shape so that the car 23 can be placed thereon, and both end portions 22b extending upward from both ends of the main body. . The main body 22 of the basket receiver
a is disposed below a space surrounded by the handle 26, and both ends 22b are fixed to both sides of the handle 26, respectively.

However, the car receiver 22 is arranged at a height position which does not hinder the swinging movement of the lower car receiver 20.

Needless to say, the nesting of the shopping cart is performed with the basket 23 removed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a shopping cart according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a shopping cart.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a shopping cart.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a shopping cart.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of two nested shopping carts.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10,16 Shopping cart 18 cart 20,22 Car tray 24 Cart frame 26 Handle

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A shopping cart, which is capable of receiving a part of another shopping cart from the front thereof from the rear thereof, comprising a cart provided with a handle for pushing, and disposed below the handle. A car receiver swingably supported by the cart and capable of supporting a car at a bottom thereof, the car receiver being capable of receiving the other shopping cart when receiving the other shopping cart. A shopping cart that swings under the pressure of the cart. 2. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the car receiver has a roller provided at a location where the car cart receives a pressing force from the other shopping cart. 3. The shopping cart according to claim 1, further comprising another car receiver supported by the handle.