JP2009000488A - Shopping basket - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shopping basket capable of reducing a burden of a shopper when executing an accounting procedure or taking back purchased articles while facilitating the carry on shopping. <P>SOLUTION: This shopping basket is characterized in having a connection means 5 for connecting the shopping bag 7 placed in a stack to the shopping basket 1, when a shopping bag 7 placed in a selling area is stacked on its storage part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a shopping basket that can be stacked together with a shopping basket provided at a sales floor such as a supermarket, a convenience store, a discount shop, and a department store underground food sales floor, and an entrance thereof.

  In a conventional shopping basket, a shopping basket comprising a container portion and a handgrip handle, the container portion is a square bottom plate and a front plate connected to the front and rear edges of the bottom plate so as to be raised and lowered. And a back plate, and a left plate and a right plate connected to the left and right edges of the bottom plate in a undulating manner, respectively, and the handle for carrying is attached to the front plate and the back plate in a undulating manner. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Such a conventional shopping basket is convenient to carry, and the box shape is maintained during assembly and molding. Moreover, resource saving (eliminating disposable plastic bags) and compactness (can be folded when shopping) are realized at the same time.
JP 2002-300913 A

A shopper who has the conventional shopping basket described above (hereinafter referred to as a “carrying shopping basket”) takes the folded shopping basket and goes to the sales floor to store the product in the shopping basket. It will be. By the way, in recent years, in the accounting process, the merchandise is transferred by the store clerk to a different shopping basket prepared at the accounting place from the shopping basket containing the merchandise after the price reading process using a barcode or the like.
Therefore, even in the case of the above-mentioned shoppers, the products stored in the carry-in shopping basket are temporarily transferred to another shopping basket at the time of accounting processing, and the purchase items are brought back to the table provided in the store after payment. You must move it to the basket.
In addition, when using a shopping basket placed on a sales floor or the like while holding a folded shopping basket, the shopper stores the product in the shopping basket placed on the sales floor or the like. During the accounting process, the shopper must have the clerk move the item from the shopping basket containing the item to a shopping basket carried by the shopper rather than another shopping basket prepared at the accounting location. Prior to the accounting process by the store clerk, the folded shopping basket that was held at the accounting location must be assembled and molded into a box shape.

  Recently, there is an increasing number of people who bring their own bags instead of shopping for plastic bags for policies such as paying for plastic bags or as part of the ecological movement. However, when purchasing, store the product in a shopping basket placed on the sales floor, carry it to the table provided in the store after accounting, and transfer it from the shopping basket placed on the sales floor to my bag. The current situation is.

  The present invention is intended to solve the problems that such conventional shopping baskets have, and reduces the burden on the shopper during accounting processing and taking out of purchased products while facilitating carrying at the time of shopping. The aim is to provide a shopping basket to get.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the shopping basket according to the present invention indicates whether the shopping basket placed on the sales floor or the like is stacked in the storage unit, and the shopping basket placed in the storage section or the actual shopping basket. It has the connection means for connecting, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the burden of a shopper can be eased at the time of accounting processing and taking home of purchased goods, making it easy to carry at the time of shopping.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a supermarket, a convenience store, a discount shop, a department store underground food department, and a shopping basket provided at the entrance thereof (hereinafter referred to as a shopping basket placed in the department) are privately owned. And store them in a shopping basket placed on the sales floor while carrying a personal shopping basket along with the shopping basket placed on the sales floor. By separating the shopping basket placed on the sales floor (shopping basket containing the goods) and the personally owned shopping basket, the store clerk transfers the goods to the personal shopping basket at the time of accounting. After that, the shopper can directly take back the personal shopping basket containing the purchased items.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a shopping basket according to an embodiment of the present invention and a relationship between the shopping basket and a shopping basket placed in a sales floor or the like. FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view showing a connection example of a shopping basket placed in a sales floor or the like according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
The personal shopping basket 1 has a structure in which a hole 4 is provided in the side surface 3 of the opening edge (A) 2 and the end 6 of the substantially U-shaped connecting metal fitting 5 is attached to the hole 4 so as to be rotatable. It has become. For this reason, when shopping is performed at a supermarket, a convenience store, a discount shop, a department store underground food department, etc., the shopping basket 7 placed on the department etc. is stacked in the personal shopping basket 1 and the connecting bracket 5 Is rotated, and the connecting metal fitting 5 is placed on the upper surface of the opening edge (B) 8 of the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like. With such a structure, shopping with the handle 9 of the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like becomes possible.

  While shopping is being carried out, the personal shopping basket 1 is hung on the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like by the connecting bracket 5. When the product is accommodated in the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like and shopping is completed, the personal shopping basket 1 is brought to the cashier counter together with the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like. At the cashier counter, the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor and the personal shopping basket 1 are separated by rotating the connecting metal fitting 5. The store clerk transfers the product from the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor to the personally owned shopping basket 1 at the time of the accounting process, so that the shopper will complete the accounting and then the personal shopping basket containing the product. You can take 1 directly as it is. When the shopper comes by car, the personal shopping basket 1 containing the goods can be carried and loaded on the car as it is. In this case, unstable goods such as bottles are still in the personal shopping basket 1, so that stable loading is possible.

  In addition, the means for connecting and carrying the shopping basket 1 owned by the individual and the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor etc. is not limited to the connecting bracket 5 but is used, for example, for a bicycle carrier as shown in FIG. Such a rubber cord 16 may be used. In addition to the metal fitting 5 being formed in a substantially U-shape with a metal rod, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, a part of the metal fitting 5 is made into a coiled spring 17 to be flexible and placed on a sales floor or the like. It may be possible to connect and carry the shopping basket 7 without being limited by the size of the shopping basket 7.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, a clip 11 having a hook 10 at the tip 10 is attached to a personal shopping basket 1 and is provided on the peripheral side wall 12 of the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like. It is good also as a means which hooks on the opening part (B) 13 and connects and carries the shopping basket 1 which is privately owned and the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like. Furthermore, although not shown, the slide claw is attached to the personal shopping basket 1 without using the clip 11, and a large and small opening (B) provided on the peripheral side wall 12 of the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like. ) It is good also as a means which connects with the shopping basket 1 and the shopping basket 7 which were put in the sales floor etc. by connecting to 13 and carrying it.

The above is about the means for hanging the personal shopping basket 1 on the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor, etc., and connecting the personal shopping basket 1 and the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor etc. As described above, as shown in FIG. 7, the basket (A) 18 may be passed through the opening (A) 14 of the personal shopping basket 1 to form a hand-carried basket structure. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the string (B) 19 may be turned around the space 15 formed by the opening edge (A) 2 and the side surface 3 of the shopping basket 1 owned by the individual.
By doing so, the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor etc. is stacked in the personal shopping basket 1 so that the personal shopping basket 1 can be offered, and the personal shopping basket 1 The car 1 and the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor or the like can be connected and carried.

In the present embodiment, in order to distinguish the personal shopping basket 1 from the shopping basket 7 placed on the sales floor etc., the color of the personal shopping basket 1 placed on the sales floor etc. 7 The sticker 20 may be affixed to the flat portion 21 of the shopping basket 1 that is personally owned or a fluorescent color different from the above. Furthermore, the sticker 20 can be distinguished from a personal shopping basket 1 owned by another person by allowing an individual to freely select a photograph, a picture, an illustration or the like.
According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, it is not necessary for the shopper himself to transfer the product from the shopping basket placed on the sales floor to the personal shopping basket or to the personal bag. Eliminating the use of bags and reducing the loss of in-store baskets.

  The figure for demonstrating the structure of the shopping basket which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and the relationship between this shopping basket and the shopping basket placed in the sales floor.   The whole perspective view which shows one connection example of the shopping basket placed in the shopping basket etc. which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.   AA sectional drawing of FIG.   The AA sectional view of Drawing 2 showing the modification of the connection of the shopping basket placed in the shopping basket and the sales floor etc. concerning one embodiment of the present invention.   The figure which shows another modified example of the connection of the shopping basket placed in the shopping basket or the like according to one embodiment of the present invention.   The BB sectional view of Drawing 2 which shows another modification of the connection of the shopping basket placed in the shopping basket and the sales floor etc. concerning one embodiment of the present invention.   The figure which shows the shopping basket which concerns on another embodiment of this invention.   CC sectional drawing of FIG. 2 which shows the modification of the shopping basket which concerns on another embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

    1 personal shopping basket, 2 opening edge (A), 3 side face, 4 hole, 5 connecting bracket, 6 end, 7 shopping basket placed on the sales floor, etc. 8 opening edge (B), 9 handle, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Tip, 11 Clip, 12 Peripheral side wall, 13 Opening part (B), 14 Opening part (A), 15 Space, 16 Rubber string, 17 Spring, 18 String (A), 19 String (B), 20 Seal, 21 Flat part

Claims (3)

  When the shopping basket placed on the sales floor, etc. is stacked in the storage unit, the shopping basket is provided with a connecting means for connecting the shopping basket placed in the store and the shopping basket. Basket.   2. The shopping basket according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means connects the shopping basket to the stacked shopping basket.   2. The shopping basket according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means is capable of carrying the shopping basket together with the stacked shopping basket.

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