JP2021079898A - Carry cart - Google Patents

Abstract

To solve the problem in which a conventional carry cart has a complicated structure and is large-sized, so that its cost of manufacture is high and it is not suited to a shop whose selling area is relatively small.SOLUTION: A carry cart has: a hard frame 2 having a handle 1 for operation in an upper part; and frames 3, 4 of a middle stage and a lower stage which extend from an intermediate part and a lower end part of the hard frame 2 in a horizontal direction and receive a bottom surface of a basket B. The hard frame 2 has wheels 6 for traveling on both sides of a lower part and is provided with a hook 10 which hooks a grip part H of the basket B. The middle stage and the lower stage of frames 3, 4 are provided with a suppression part 11 for suppressing movements in the horizontal direction with respect to the bottom surface of the basket B at an end part in the extension direction. In a carry cart C, the structure is simple and compact, the cost of manufacture is reduced, and the carry card is easy to use even in a shop whose selling area is relatively small.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention mainly relates to a carry cart suitable for use by a purchaser in a store.

As a conventional carry cart, for example, there is one described in Patent Document 1. The carry cart (shopping cart) described in Patent Document 1 has a chassis provided with a plurality of wheels at the front and rear ends, a support column erected at the rear of the chassis, and an operation handle provided at the upper part of the support column. The rear part has a floor surface on which the child stands, and the front side has upper and lower car frames. Many of these types of carry carts have been proposed to have various structures.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-07970

However, all of the conventional carry carts as described above have a problem that the structure is complicated and the size is large, so that the manufacturing cost is high and the store is not suitable for a store with a relatively small sales floor area. The challenge was to solve these problems.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is a carry cart suitable for use by a purchaser in a store, which has a simple structure, a small size, and a reduction in manufacturing cost. The purpose is to provide a carry cart that is easy to use even in stores with a relatively small sales floor area.

The carry cart according to the present invention includes a vertical frame having a handle for operation at the upper portion, and a middle frame and a lower frame extending horizontally from the middle portion and the lower end portion of the vertical frame to receive the bottom surface of the car. The frame has wheels for running on both sides of the lower portion, and also has hooks for hooking the grip portion provided on the upper frame portion of the car. It is characterized by having a restraining portion for restraining movement in the horizontal direction with respect to the bottom surface.

The basket in the above configuration is intended for well-known store baskets prepared in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores. Most store cars have a rectangular shape in a plan view, and a hole for inserting a hand is formed on the side surface directly below the upper frame portion, and the upper frame portion above the hole is used as a grip portion. This grip portion is a part for directly holding the car body, and is often provided on the long side side and the short side side of the upper frame part, and is separate from the hanging strap for hanging and holding the car body. Is.

The carry cart according to the present invention has a simple structure mainly composed of a vertical frame, a middle frame and a lower frame. The middle frame and the lower frame may be large enough to receive the bottom surface of the car. In this carry cart, the car is placed on the middle frame or the lower frame, and the grip portion of the car is hooked on the hook of the vertical frame. At this time, the upper portion of the car is held by the hook on the vertical frame side, and the bottom portion of the car is held by the restraining portion on the tip side of the middle frame and the lower frame, and is stabilized by holding the front and rear frames. The carry cart can be moved by the wheels provided on both sides of the lower part of the vertical frame by pushing or pulling the operation handle.

In this way, the carry cart according to the present invention has a simple structure and a small size, realizes a reduction in manufacturing cost, and is easy to use even in a store having a relatively small sales floor area.

It is a side view (A) and a plan view (B) explaining the 1st Embodiment of the carry cart which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of the carry cart shown in FIG. It is a side view (A) and a plan view (B) which show the arrangement state of the carry cart in a cart storage place. It is a side view (A) and a plan view (B) explaining the 2nd Embodiment of the carry cart which concerns on this invention. It is a side view (A) explaining the 3rd Embodiment of the carry cart which concerns on this invention, the side view (B) explaining 4th Embodiment, and the plan view (C) explaining 5th Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
1 to 3 are views for explaining a first embodiment of a carry cart according to the present invention.
The carry cart C shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a vertical frame 2 having a handle 1 for operation at the upper portion, and a middle frame that extends horizontally from the middle portion and the lower end portion of the vertical frame 2 to receive the bottom surface of the car B. 3 and a lower frame 4 are provided.

The illustrated vertical frame 2 has a structure in which a pair of left and right vertical frame members 2A and 2A in FIG. 2 and three horizontal frame members 2B arranged at appropriate intervals between the two vertical frame members 2A and 2A are connected. is there. The uppermost and middle horizontal frame members 2B and 2B are arranged at heights in consideration of the positions of the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 and the height dimension of the car B. The lowermost horizontal frame member 2B is arranged near the lower part of the vertical frame 2. The material of the vertical frame member 2A and the horizontal frame member 2B is not limited, but it is desirable that the vertical frame member 2A and the horizontal frame member 2B are made of lightweight metal in consideration of operability and durability.

In the above vertical frame 2, an operation handle 1 is connected between the upper ends of both vertical frame members 2A and 2A, and both sides of the lower portion, that is, outside the lower end portion of each of the vertical frame members 2A and 2A. Wheels 6 are attached to each via a horizontal axle 5.

The middle frame 3 is provided at a height substantially at the center of the vertical frame 2. On the other hand, the lower frame 4 is provided near the lower end of the vertical frame 2. The middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 are both curved metal rods, extend in the same direction from the vertical frame 3, and are fixed to the vertical frame members 2A and 2A of the vertical frame 3. Further, the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 connect the left and right horizontal frame portions 3A, 3A, 4A, 4A extending in the horizontal direction from both ends of the vertical frame 2 and the tip portions of the horizontal frame portions 3A, 4A. It has front frame portions 3B and 4B, respectively.

In the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), the distance between the left and right horizontal frame portions 3A and 4A gradually increases from the base end portion on the vertical frame 2 side toward the tip end portion. is decreasing. Here, the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 do not allow the car to enter and hold the surroundings thereof like the car holder in the existing carry cart, but receive the bottom surface of the car, so that the car is stable. The minimum size that can be placed is sufficient.

The middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 in this embodiment have a trapezoidal shape in a plan view, but it is naturally possible to make other shapes in order to stabilize the car B, for example, a horizontal frame portion. 3A and 4A can be appropriately curved. At this time, it is desirable that the width of the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 gradually decreases toward the tip in consideration of the arrangement in the cart storage area described later.

Further, in this embodiment, the lower frame 4 is provided with a pair of casters 7 and 7 for traveling at the tip end portion in the extending direction. Each caster 7 is attached to the holder 8 via a horizontal axis (not shown). A mounting plate 9 is provided at the tip of the lower frame 4, and the holder 8 is connected to the lower surface of the mounting plate 9 via a vertical axis (not shown). As a result, each caster 7 can change its orientation around the vertical axis and rotates around the horizontal axis. That is, the carry cart C of this embodiment can stand on its own by the two wheels 6 and the two casters 7 described above.

The carry cart C is provided with a hook 10 on which the vertical frame 2 hooks the grip portion H provided on the upper frame portion of the car B, and the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 are attached to the tip portion in the extending direction. The restraining unit 11 for suppressing the movement in the horizontal direction with respect to the bottom surface of the car B is provided.

The basket B is a well-known plastic store basket provided in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores. As shown in FIG. 1 (B), the car B has a rectangular shape in a plan view. Further, in the car B, at least on the short side side, as shown in FIG. 2, a hole P for inserting a hand is formed in the side surface immediately below the upper frame portion, and the upper frame portion above the hole P is used as the grip portion H. .. The grip portion H is a portion for directly holding the main body of the car B, and is not a hanging strap attached to the upper frame portion of the car B.

The hook 10 has a width dimension smaller than the lateral width of the hole P of the car B, and has an upward hook shape so that the grip portion H on the upper side thereof can be hooked through the hole P. The hook 10 is, for example, a metal rod bent into the above shape, and is fixed to the center of the uppermost and middle horizontal frame members 2B and 2B constituting the vertical frame 2, respectively.

The regulation portion 11 of this embodiment is a protrusion that can enter the mesh on the bottom surface of the car B, and can be formed of metal or plastic. The regulation unit 11 is arranged on both the left and right sides of the tip portions of the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4, and when the car B is placed, it rushes into the mesh on the bottom surface to regulate the horizontal movement of the bottom surface. ..

The carry cart C having the above configuration has a simple structure mainly composed of a vertical frame 2, a middle frame 3, and a lower frame 4. Further, since the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 need only have a size that receives the bottom surface of the car B, it can contribute to miniaturization in this respect as well.

In the carry cart C, the car B is placed on the middle frame 3, or the frames 3 and 4 in the middle and lower stages, and the grip portion H of the car is hooked on the hook 10 of the vertical frame 2. At this time, the upper portion of the basket B is held by the hook 10 on the vertical frame 2 side, and the bottom portion of the basket B is held by the restraining portion 11 on the tip side of the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4, and is stabilized by holding the front and rear frames. To do.

Then, the carry cart C can be moved by the lower wheels 6 and casters 7 by pushing the operation handle 1. Further, the carry cart C can be moved by the wheels 6 even when the handle 1 is pulled and the vertical frame 2 is tilted, and even in this case, the hook 10 and the regulating portion 11 stably hold the car B. be able to.

In this way, the above-mentioned carry cart C has a simple structure and is clearly smaller than the existing carry cart. Therefore, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the sales floor area can be relatively large. It will be easy to use even in a small store.

Further, since the carry cart C is provided with casters 7 for traveling at the tip of the lower frame 3 in the extending direction in addition to the wheels 6 of the vertical frame 2, stable independence and pushing the handle 1 Or it is possible to run by pulling.

Further, in the above-mentioned carry cart C, in the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4, the distance between the left and right horizontal frame portions 3A and 4A gradually decreases from the base end portion on the vertical frame 2 side toward the tip end portion. There is. As a result, the carry cart C has the middle and lower frames 3 in the rear carry cart C inside the middle and lower frames 3 and 4 in the front carry cart C, as shown in FIG. 3 showing the arrangement of the cart storage areas. , 4 can be packed and arranged so that they can be inserted.

That is, the above-mentioned carry cart C has a simpler structure and is smaller than the existing one, but even in a cart storage area having a limited area, a large number of the carry carts C can be arranged and stored in the same manner as the existing one. Can be done.

Further, in the above-mentioned carry cart C, by hooking the grip portion H on the short side side of the car B on the hook 10 of the vertical frame 2, the direction of the car with respect to the moving direction is so-called vertical placement, so that it is relatively relatively Very convenient when traveling in narrow passages. In this respect as well, the carry cart C can be easily used even in a store having a relatively small sales floor area.

4 and 5 are views for explaining the second to fifth embodiments of the carry cart according to the present invention. In each of the following embodiments, the same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

<Second Embodiment>
The carry cart C shown in FIG. 4 has the same basic configuration as that of the first embodiment, and a regulation portion 21 made of a resin sheet is provided at the tip portions of the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4. The type of resin of the regulating unit 21 is not limited, but a relatively soft resin is preferable, and the regulating unit 21 has a certain area and acts as a non-slip on the bottom surface of the car B to regulate the movement in the horizontal direction. To do. Further, since the bottom surface of the car B is often uneven due to the mesh of the regulation unit 21, a large contact area with the bottom surface of the car B is secured by using a soft resin in the horizontal direction. The function of regulating movement can be fully exerted.

<Third Embodiment>
The carry cart C shown in FIG. 5 (A) has the same basic configuration as that of the first embodiment, and has a predetermined caster (see reference numeral 7 in FIG. 1) at the tip of the lower frame 4. It is provided with a roller 27 having a width dimension. This carry cart C can obtain the same operations and effects as those of the first embodiment, and further simplifies the structure by adopting the roller 27.

<Fourth Embodiment>
The carry cart C shown in FIG. 5B has the same basic configuration as that of the first embodiment, and has support legs at the tip of the lower frame 4 instead of casters (see reference numeral 7 in FIG. 1). It is equipped with 37. This carry cart C is suitable for moving with the wheels 6 with the vertical frame 2 tilted, and is easy to handle ascending and descending stairs and escalator.

<Fifth Embodiment>
In the carry cart C shown in FIG. 5 (C), the front frame portions 3B and 4B of the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 are made longer as compared with the first embodiment, and the left and right horizontal frame portions 3A in the horizontal plane are formed. The inclination of 4A is reduced. The carry cart C is provided with a regulating portion 11 formed of protrusions in the vicinity of the tip portions of the left and right horizontal frame portions 3A and 4A.

The carry cart C can obtain the same operations and effects as those of the first embodiment, and on the vertical frame 2 side, the upper part of the car B is held by the hook 10 and the tips of the middle frame 3 and the lower frame 4 are held. On the side of the car, the left and right regulating parts 10 and 10 that are spaced apart from each other hold both sides of the bottom surface of the car B, so that the placed car B can be made more stable.

The structure of the carry cart according to the present invention is not limited to each of the above embodiments, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. In addition, the carry cart can be configured so that the car is placed only on the middle frame without the hook on the lower stage. However, from the viewpoint of convenience, it is desirable that the carry cart is placed at a constant height, and from the viewpoint of stability, a lower frame or a similar structure is indispensable. Therefore, the carry cart of the present invention has a configuration in which hooks are arranged one above the other to place the car in two stages in order to effectively utilize the space. For example, even if the hooks can be attached to and detached from the vertical frame. I do not care.

B Car C Carry Cart H Grip 1 Handle 2 Vertical Frame 3 Middle Frame 3A Horizontal Frame 3B Front Frame 4 Lower Frame 4A Horizontal Frame 4B Front Frame 6 Wheels 7 Caster 10 Hooks 11 and 21 Suppressors

Claims (4)

It is provided with a vertical frame having a handle for operation at the top, and a middle frame and a lower frame that extend horizontally from the middle and lower ends of the vertical frame to receive the bottom surface of the car.
The vertical frame has wheels for running on both sides of the lower portion, and also has hooks for hooking the grip portion provided on the upper frame portion of the car.
A carry cart characterized in that the middle frame and the lower frame are provided with a restraining portion for suppressing horizontal movement with respect to the bottom surface of the car at the tip portion in the extending direction. The carry cart according to claim 1, wherein the lower frame is provided with casters for traveling at a tip end portion in the extending direction. The middle frame and the lower frame have at least left and right horizontal frame portions extending in the horizontal direction from both ends of the vertical frame, and front frame portions for connecting the tip portions of the horizontal frame portions, and the left and right horizontal frame portions. The carry cart according to claim 1, wherein the distance between the carts gradually decreases from the vertical frame side toward the tip end portion. The car is a car for stores having a rectangular upper frame portion in a plan view and at least a grip portion on the short side side.
The carry cart according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the grip portion on the short side side of the car is hooked on the hook of the vertical frame.

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