JP2005059674A - Shopping cart - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shopping cart for which the body frame (1) is constituted of a pedestal frame (10) equipped with castors (13), a pair of supporting frames (11) erected on the pedestal frame (10) and a handle bar (12), and a riding toy section (2) is provided in the front region of the handle bar (12), and a basket-mounting base (31) is provided behind the riding toy section (2), and a plurality of which can be housed to be less bulky in a nested state in the longitudinal direction, when it is not being used. <P>SOLUTION: The riding toy section (2) comprises a child seat section (20), a footrest plate (27) which is provided on the pedestal frame (10) below ahead, and a front surface panel section (4) which surrounds ahead of the footrest plate (27). The front surface panel section (4) is attached to the front end of the pedestal frame (10), in a manner of being turnable in the longitudinal direction, with the lower end section as the pivot. At nesting, the body frame (1) is constituted in a manner to be insertable each other so that the front end of the pedestal frame (10) of the shopping cart behind approaches the rear end of the footrest plate (27) of the shopping cart ahead. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a shopping cart that can be stored while being nested with each other when not in use, and more particularly to a shopping cart having a vehicle toy portion having a child seat portion.

  Shopping carts that are always available in supermarkets or the like generally have a so-called nestable structure that can be stored one after the other so that they can be stored in a low bulk when not in use.

  In recent years, an increasing number of shopping carts have a vehicle toy part (2) for placing an infant as shown in FIG. By placing the infant on the vehicle toy part (2), the infant does not run around or get tired of shopping while shopping, so it is possible to shop slowly.

  A shopping cart equipped with such a vehicle toy part (2) is composed of a pedestal frame (10) having four casters (13) attached to the lower part of the front, rear, left and right, and left and right ends of the rear part of the pedestal frame (10). A child seat (on the front part of the main body frame (1) consisting of a pair of support frames (11) erected on and a handlebar (12) connecting the upper ends of the support frame (1) to each other A car toy unit (2) provided with a car toy unit (2), and a car placing table (30a) for placing the shopping basket (3) at the upper and middle positions between the support frames (1). (30b) is provided.

The car mounting table (30b) in the middle position can be rotated upward with its base end as a rotation fulcrum as shown by the arrow in the figure so as not to disturb the nesting.
The vehicle toy part (2) is attached to the main body frame (1) so as to surround the child seat part (20) fixedly supported by the pedestal frame (10) and the child seat part (20). An attached floor portion (not shown), a front plate portion (22), and a side plate portion (21), and the front plate portion (22) and the side plate portion (21) are open to a window portion ( 25) is formed. Further, a handle (24) for children's hand play and various operation buttons are provided at the upper end of the front plate portion (22), and the side plate portion (21) can be opened and closed with a lock mechanism. A door (23) is provided.

The vehicle-type peripheral wall portion of the vehicle toy portion (2) is a blow molded product made of a synthetic resin material as a whole and cannot be disassembled or folded.
When the shopping cart with the conventional vehicle toy part (2) is not in use, as shown in FIG. 7, the vehicle toy part (2) of the rear shopping cart is connected to the rear part of the main body frame (1) of the front shopping cart. At this time, the car mounting table (30b) located in the middle stage is connected to the front plate part (22) of the vehicle toy part (2) of the shopping cart inserted from behind. ) And is turned upward to be in a substantially vertical posture leaning against the backrest portion of the child seat (20). As described above, the plurality of shopping carts are configured such that the front plate part (22) of the rear vehicle toy part (2) rotates the car placing table (30b) of the front shopping cart while moving the vehicle toy part. The child seat portion (2) in (2) is stored in a nesting state in order in the front-rear direction in a manner close to the rear surface of the backrest portion.
JP 2002-362373 A

  However, in the shopping cart, since the portion of the vehicle toy part (2) cannot be disassembled or folded, the length of the vehicle toy part (2) in the front-rear direction is unchanged. Therefore, in a state where a plurality of shopping carts are nested, the interval between the front and rear shopping carts cannot be smaller than the length in the front-rear direction of the vehicle toy part (2). There is a disadvantage that it becomes bulky by the length in the front-rear direction. Thereby, in order to store the shopping cart with the vehicle toy part (2), a large storage space is required, and there is a problem that many carts cannot be prepared at the sales floor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and “a pedestal frame to which casters are attached, a pair of support frames erected on the pedestal frame, and an upper end of the support frame is provided. The main body frame is composed of a handlebar and a toy portion having a child seat portion is provided in the front area of the handlebar, and a shopping basket is placed behind the toy portion. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to perform nesting with a low bulk when not in use, in a shopping cart that can be stored in a state in which a plurality of cars are stored in a state of nesting in the front-rear direction when not in use.

(1) The technical means of the present invention for solving the above-described problem of the invention according to claim 1 is that the vehicle toy portion includes the child seat portion and the pedestal frame below the child seat portion. It consists of a footrest plate provided on the front panel part that surrounds the front of the child seat part,
The front panel part is attached to the front end of the pedestal frame so as to be able to turn backward with the lower end part as a pivot point.
At the time of nesting, the main body frames are configured to be inserted into each other so that the front end of the pedestal frame of the rear shopping cart is close to the rear end of the footrest plate of the front shopping cart.

The technical means operates as follows.
According to this, the toy part of the shopping cart according to the present invention is composed of only a child seat part, a footrest plate, and a front panel part, and the rear surface of the child seat part from the front surface of the front panel part. Is equivalent to the length of the vehicle toy part in the front-rear direction. When nesting, the main body frames overlap each other in the front-rear direction until the front end of the pedestal frame of one shopping cart located at the rear is close to the rear end of the footrest plate of the other shopping cart located at the front Although the footrest plate is configured to be positioned in front of the child seat portion, the rear shopping cart is inserted into the front shopping cart until the final insertion position is reached. When it is forcibly inserted, the lower end of the front panel part standing at the front end of the pedestal frame of the rear shopping cart can enter below the child seat part of the front shopping cart. The part comes into contact with the rear surface of the child seat of the front shopping cart and is pushed by this And thus it is allowed to tilt to the child seat part side lower portion as a rotation fulcrum. As described above, the vehicle toy portion of the shopping cart in the nesting state is folded in a state where the front panel portion is tilted to the child seat portion side, and the overall volume of the vehicle toy portion is low when not in use. .
(2) A shopping cart according to a second aspect of the present invention is the shopping cart according to the first aspect, wherein the urging means for urging the front panel portion in a direction to rotate forward is urged by the urging means. Holding means for holding the front panel portion so as to maintain a certain angle with respect to the footrest plate, and the front panel portion of the shopping cart in the nesting state is subjected to the urging force of the urging means. When the rear shopping cart is pulled out rearward during use, the front panel portion is elastically returned in the direction of forward rotation by the urging force of the urging means. At this time, when the holding force of the holding means functions, the front panel portion is held in a predetermined posture that maintains a certain angle with respect to the footrest plate.

(3) A shopping cart according to a third aspect of the present invention is the shopping cart according to any one of the above claims, wherein the front panel portion includes a rotation shaft whose lower end is pivotally supported at the center of the front end of the pedestal frame, and the rotation shaft. A cover plate mounted on the upper region excluding the vicinity of the lower end, the car mounting table is provided at a position behind the footrest plate and higher than the upper surface of the footrest plate, In the center of the car mounting table, a gap portion having a width through which the vicinity of the lower end of the rotating shaft can be inserted is formed. When nesting is performed, the footrest plate of the rear shopping cart becomes the front shopping cart. It will overlap in the aspect which slides below the basket mounting base. At this time, the rotating shaft exposed at the lower end of the front panel portion of the rear shopping cart is inserted into the gap portion of the car placing table of the front shopping cart, which does not hinder nesting.
(4) A shopping cart according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the shopping cart according to any one of the above aspects, wherein the child seat portion is a length adjustment made of a backrest portion interposed between the pair of support frames and a flexible material. The front panel portion is provided with a handle for hand-playing children and the like. After the child is seated on the child seat portion, the safety belt is provided. Attach the belt. The top of the front panel is located within the reach of the child sitting on the child seat, and the handle and buttons are provided at that position so that the child can touch the handle and buttons toys. You can play with your senses.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, since the front panel portion can be nested in the folded state in which the front panel portion is tilted rearward, the overall length of the vehicle toy portion cannot be changed. Compared with the conventional one, a plurality of shopping cart groups can be stored with a low bulk. Therefore, a large number of shopping carts with a vehicle toy part can be stored in a relatively small space, and the customer's demand can be met.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above effect, when the shopping cart located at the rearmost part is pulled out from the shopping cart group in the nesting state, the shopping cart is forcibly rotated backward. The front panel part which has been restored is restored to the initial posture before the rotation by the urging force of the urging means and the holding means. In this way, the vehicle toy part that has been transformed into the folded state at the time of nesting can be naturally returned to its original state by releasing the nesting, so that there is an effect that it is easy to use.

Moreover, according to the invention which concerns on Claim 3, there exists an effect that nesting can be performed smoothly.
Moreover, according to the invention which concerns on Claim 4, although the vehicle toy part for carrying the infant of the shopping cart in this invention becomes a structure by which the both-sides board part is not provided, by attaching a safety belt, , Can prevent the fall accident of the infant from the side. Moreover, since the toy part such as a handle is provided at the upper end of the front panel part, there is no inconvenience that the child gets tired of riding the vehicle toy part during shopping.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side view of a shopping cart according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a front view thereof. FIG. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the shopping cart.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the shopping cart of this example includes a pedestal frame (10) having four casters (13) attached to the lower part of the front, rear, left and right, and the pedestal frame (as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 10) A main body frame (1) is composed of a pair of support frames (11) erected on both right and left ends of the rear part, and a handlebar (12) connecting the upper end parts of the support frame (11). The vehicle toy portion (2) disposed in front of the main body frame (1) includes a child seat portion (20) with a backrest portion (20a) provided between the pair of support frames (11), A footrest plate (27) provided at the front portion of the pedestal frame (10), and a front panel portion (4) that stands in front of the footrest plate (27) and at the front end of the pedestal frame (10). It is configured.

Also, a car placing table (31) for placing a shopping basket (not shown) below the child seat (20) and behind the foot placing board (27) is provided on the foot board. (27) It is located higher than the upper surface and is provided in such a manner as to open rearward.
Further, the shopping cart is configured so that the lateral width gradually increases from the front to the rear so that the shopping carts can be nested and stored.

Details of each part will be described below.
A trapezoidal frame part (14) is formed at the front end of the pedestal frame (10) of the main body frame (1), and the footrest plate (2) of the vehicle toy part (2) is formed in the trapezoidal frame part (14). 27) is fitted. In the center of the rear side of the trapezoidal frame portion (14), two support shafts (32) for supporting the child seat portion (20) of the vehicle toy portion (2) from below are upright. And a pair of car mounting frames (31) extending rearward from a position near the lower end of the support shaft (32) and higher than the upper surface of the footrest plate (27). . As shown in FIG. 2, the pair of car placement frames (31) are provided via a gap (S) having a predetermined width, and the overall width of the pair of car placement frames (31) is It is set to be larger than that of the trapezoidal frame part (14), and the size is such that the trapezoidal frame part (14) of the rear shopping cart overlaps vertically below the car placing frame (31) of the front shopping cart. Set in a relationship. The shopping cart is placed so as to straddle both the pair of cage placement frames (31).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the support frame (11) has a substantially square shape that opens backward with a portion corresponding to the position of the seat portion (20b) of the vehicle toy portion (2) as a bending point portion (15). The lower end of the pedestal frame (10) is continuous to the left and right rear ends of the pedestal frame (10), and the upper end is connected to a horizontal handle bar (12).

In this example, the pedestal frame (10), the support frame (11), and the handle bar (12) are all formed from a metal pipe material, and the support frame (11) and the handle bar (12) Is formed by bending a continuous pipe material.
A resin child seat (20) is provided so as to be interposed between the support frame (11) located above the bending point (15), and the child seat (20 The front panel portion (4) is provided at the front end of the base frame (10) so as to be rotatable toward the rear (the child seat portion (20) side).

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front panel portion (4) has a rotating shaft (41) whose lower end portion is pivotally supported at the front end of the pedestal frame (10) so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction. A cover plate (40) that is attached so as to cover the upper region from the front side of the lower end vicinity region of the pivot shaft (41), and the pivot shaft (41) is a child seat. As shown in FIG. 4, the shaft supporting portion is formed as a biasing means for biasing the rotating shaft (41) forward. A kick spring (42) is interposed. The rotating shaft (41) is always biased in the direction of rotating forward by the biasing force of the kick spring (42), but the area below the bent portion of the rotating shaft (41) is a pedestal frame ( A stopper (43) is projected from the front end of the pedestal frame (10) in order to prevent further forward rotation when the posture stands up at a right angle to 10).

When the pivot shaft (41) biased by the biasing force of the kick spring (42) is prevented from further pivoting by the stopper (43), the bending of the pivot shaft (41) is performed. The bending angle of the rotating shaft (41) is set so that the upper region is positioned substantially parallel to the backrest part (20a) of the child seat part (20).
In addition, a handle (24) for children's hand play and various operation buttons are provided at the upper end of the covering plate (40), and a safety belt is provided in a region slightly below the center of the backrest (20a). (44) is installed.

  In the shopping cart of this embodiment, the infant is seated on the seat portion (20b) of the child seat portion (20), leans against the backrest portion (20a), and the safety belt is lightly tightened. Install (44). The height of the front panel portion (4) is set so that an infant's hand can reach the handle (24) and other hand play tools in this sitting posture. Further, an infant whose feet reach the footrest plate (27) can maintain a more stable sitting posture. In addition, as shown in FIG.2 and FIG.4, the footrest board (27) is formed in mesh shape so that the dirt and mud which adhere | attached on shoes may not accumulate on the footrest board (27).

Next, a state in which the shopping cart is nested and stored when not in use will be described with reference to FIG.
When another shopping cart (B) is inserted behind one shopping cart (A), the shape of the base frame (10) and the step between the footrest plate (27) and the car placing frame (31) are Since it is as above-mentioned, it inserts so that the footrest board (27) of a back shopping cart (B) may overlap with the downward direction of the car mounting frame (31) of a front shopping cart (A). At this time, the rotating shaft (41) of the front panel (4) of the rear shopping cart (B) is in the gap (S) between the car placement frames (31) of the front shopping cart (A). Since it is inserted, the rotating shaft (41) does not interfere with nesting.

  The pedestal frame (10) has the front end of the pedestal frame (10) of the rear shopping cart (B) at the rear side of the trapezoidal frame (14) of the pedestal frame (10) of the front shopping cart (A). It is formed in a shape that can be inserted up to the final insertion position that abuts. Before reaching the final insertion position, the cover plate (40) of the front panel portion (4) of the rear shopping cart (B) is attached to the backrest portion of the child seat portion (20) of the front shopping cart (A). (20a) Although it hits the rear surface, the rotating shaft (41) of the front panel portion (4) is pivotally supported in the front-rear direction so that the rear shopping cart (B) can be moved to the front shopping cart. As it is inserted into (A), the front panel part (4) of the rear shopping cart (B) is pushed by the child seat part (20) of the front shopping cart (A) and rotated backward. The rear shopping cart (B) can be inserted into the front shopping cart (A) until the final insertion position is reached.

  In the same manner, it is possible to nest another shopping cart (C) sequentially from the rear of the rear shopping cart (B). Since the front panel part (4) of each shopping cart in the nesting state is in a folded position that falls to the child seat part (20) side, the volume of the vehicle toy part (2) itself becomes low, and many shopping carts are nested. Even in such a case, the length of the entire shopping cart group can be set shorter than that of a conventional vehicle toy unit. Thereby, many shopping carts with a vehicle toy part can be nested and stored in a narrow space.

  At the time of use, the shopping cart (C) located at the end is pulled backward from the shopping cart (B). Then, the front panel portion (4) of the shopping cart (C) that has been urged by the child seat portion (20) of the shopping cart (B) is elastically restored in the direction of turning forward by the urging force of the kick spring. At the same time, the front panel portion (4) is held in the initial posture by the stopper (43). Thus, at the time of nesting, the vehicle toy part (2) stored in the folded state is pulled out at the time of use, and at the same time, the vehicle toy part (2) is restored to the original state, so it is easy to use. It will be a thing.

The side view at the time of use of the shopping cart in embodiment of this invention. The bottom view of the shopping cart in embodiment of this invention. The front view of the shopping cart in embodiment of this invention. The center longitudinal cross-sectional view of the shopping cart in embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the state which carried out the nesting accommodation of the shopping cart in embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the use condition of the shopping cart which comprises the conventional vehicle toy part. Explanatory drawing which shows the state which carried out the nesting accommodation of the shopping cart which comprises the conventional vehicle toy part.

Explanation of symbols

(1) ... body frame
(10) ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ pedestal frame
(11) ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Support frame
(12) ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Handle bar
(13) ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Caster
(2) ... Vehicle toy department
(20) ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Child seat
(27) ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Foot plate
(31) ... Cage mounting table
(4) ... Front panel

Claims (4)

A main body frame is composed of a pedestal frame to which casters are attached, a pair of support frames standing on the pedestal frame, and a handle bar continuously provided on the upper end of the support frame. A vehicle toy part having a child seat part is provided in the front area of the vehicle, and a car mounting table for placing a shopping basket is provided behind the vehicle toy part. In a shopping cart that can be stored with the table nested in the front-rear direction,
The vehicle toy part includes the child seat part, a footrest plate provided on the base frame in front of the child seat part, and a front panel part surrounding the front of the child seat part. ,
The front panel portion is attached to the front end of the pedestal frame so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction with the lower end portion as a pivot point.
When nesting, the main body frame is configured to be insertable into each other so that the front end of the pedestal frame of the rear shopping cart is close to the rear end of the footrest plate of the front shopping cart. Shopping cart.   2. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein an urging means for urging the front panel portion in a direction of rotating the front panel portion forward, and the front panel portion urged by the urging means with respect to the footrest plate. A shopping cart provided with holding means for holding it at a constant angle. 3. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the front panel portion has a rotating shaft whose lower end is pivotally supported at the center of the front end of the pedestal frame, and an upper region thereof excluding a portion near the lower end of the rotating shaft. And a cover plate attached to
The car mounting table is provided at a position behind the footrest plate and higher than the upper surface of the footrest plate, and the lower end vicinity portion of the rotating shaft is inserted in the center of the car mounting table. A shopping cart with gaps of possible width.   The shopping cart according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the child seat portion includes a backrest portion interposed between the pair of support frames, and an adjustable safety belt made of a flexible material. A shopping cart having a handle for playing with children at the upper end of the front panel portion.

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