JP3184613U - Shopping cart - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to temporarily hold a shopping cart brought by itself when shopping using the store cart so as to keep the shopping cart stable. It is to be able to provide a shopping cart that can be used for shopping without having to.
SOLUTION: A bar 4 in which a hook member 2 is laid between both handle columns 3 above the center of gravity of a main body so that a shopping cart 1 can be hooked on an upper edge of a car of a store cart. Provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a shopping cart, and more particularly to a shopping cart that can be temporarily hooked on a store cart provided in a supermarket or the like.

  Today, shopping carts are increasingly used by elderly people who are difficult to carry and carry items purchased at the store, and the purchased items must be put in the shopping cart and pulled to move. Now you can easily carry items you bought.

  However, in a self-service store such as a supermarket where a customer purchases an item that he / she purchases in a store cart provided in the store and takes it to the cash register and pays the price, the store cart and the shopping cart Shopping has to be done while moving two units, so shopping has been very difficult.

  Especially in the case of elderly people, the strength of the legs and hands is weak, so when you move two of the store cart and the shopping cart that you brought, or when you take out the product from the case, There was a great risk of falling over because of the stable holding of the shopping cart.

  By the way, it is considered that you should place a shopping cart at the entrance of the store or near the cash register and then shop with the store cart, but this method is impractical because there is a risk of theft, etc. Carrying customers had to shop while moving their own shopping cart and store cart.

JP 2009-83760 A

  The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to temporarily hook the shopping cart that you bring to the store cart when you shop using the store cart. An object of the present invention is to provide a shopping cart that allows shopping without worrying about stable holding of the cart.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the shopping cart according to the present invention is provided with a hooking means configured to be hookable on the upper edge of the basket of the store cart above the center of gravity of the main body. It is what.

  The hooking means is provided directly or indirectly on a handle column provided in the main body.

  In addition, when the hooking means is hooked on the upper edge of the car of the store cart, and the hook is hooked on the upper edge of the car of the store cart, It consists of a falling part that falls, and the falling part is loosely attached to a erection member laid between predetermined handle columns provided in the main body and can be rotated in the hooking direction. It is a feature.

  Further, the through hole through which the erection member of the falling part is passed is enlarged in the extending direction of the falling part with respect to the through hole direction.

  Further, the main body is provided with an umbrella holding portion, a bottomed cylindrical body for accommodating the tip of the umbrella is provided on the inner side of the wheel, and holding means for holding the closed umbrella main body is provided on the main body. It is characterized by being provided relatively above.

  Further, the bottomed cylindrical body is provided on a connecting member between a handle column and a wheel shaft provided in the main body.

  According to the shopping cart according to the present invention, when shopping using the store cart, the shopping cart brought by itself can be temporarily hooked on the store cart, Without worrying about the stable holding of the shopping cart that came, the store cart can be pushed stably, and the product can be easily taken out of the case and put into the basket of the store cart.

  In particular, elderly people with weak legs and hands do not have to worry about the stable holding of the shopping cart that they bring, so it is easy to operate the store cart and take out products from the case. This can be done safely, which can greatly reduce accidents in the store of elderly people.

The perspective view which shows an example of the shopping cart which concerns on this invention. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of FIG. 1. The figure of the state which hooked the shopping cart on the cart for stores. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3. The figure which shows operation when hooking a shopping cart on a cart for stores. The perspective view which shows an example of the shopping cart based on this invention which provided the umbrella stand.

  Embodiments of a shopping cart according to the present invention will be described below based on specific examples shown in the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the shopping cart 1 is provided with a hook member 2 that is a hooking means that can be hooked on an upper edge of a car of a store cart. The hook member 2 is provided above the center of gravity of the main body. Further, in the shopping cart 1 shown in the present embodiment, the hook member 2 is disposed on the bar 4 constructed between the handle columns 3.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the hook member 2 is composed of a hook main body portion 21 that is a hooking portion for hooking on an upper edge portion of a car of a store cart, and a falling portion 22 that falls from the hook main body portion 21. Further, the falling portion 22 is provided with a through hole 23 that expands in the extending direction, and the bar 4 is passed through the through hole 23 so that the hook member 2 can rotate in the hooking (hanging) direction. I am doing so.

  FIG. 3 shows a state in which the shopping cart 1 is hooked on the store cart 5, that is, as shown in FIG. 4, the hook body 21 in the hook member 2 of the shopping cart 1 is a car in the store cart 5. Hang on the upper edge of 51.

  FIG. 5 shows an operation when the shopping cart 1 is hooked on the store cart 5. By performing this operation, the shopping cart 1 can be easily hooked by the store cart 5. First, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the hook member 2 of the shopping cart 1 in an upright state is lifted upward (in the direction of arrow A in the drawing) toward the front end of the handle column 3, and then as shown in FIG. 5 (b). The hook body 21 of the hook member 2 is tilted to the back side of the shopping cart 1 (in the direction of arrow B in the figure), and then the shopping cart 1 is folded with the hook body 21 tilted as shown in FIG. The hook main body 21 is hooked on the upper edge of the car 51 of the store cart 5 and then the shopping cart until the hook main body 21 is stabilized as shown in FIG. 5 (d). 1 down (in the direction of arrow D in the figure). As a result, the shopping cart 1 is stably hooked on the store cart 5.

  FIG. 6 shows a shopping cart 1 provided with an umbrella stand as an umbrella holding portion, and reference numeral 61 in FIG. 6 (a) denotes an umbrella stand stone bumper for holding a stone bump as a tip portion of the umbrella 7. Numeral 62 in the figure is an umbrella stand fixing belt for holding the main body of the umbrella 7. FIG. 6B shows a state in which the umbrella 7 is held on the umbrella stand (the stone bumper 61 and the fixed belt 62).

  The stone bumper 61 is provided on the connecting member 9 between the handle column 3 and the wheel shaft 8, and a through hole for draining rainwater is provided at the bottom of the stone bumper 61. The fixing belt 62 is a buckle type in the present embodiment, but of course, a suitable type such as a hook-and-loop fastener type may be selected and used according to the form of the shopping cart 1.

  Moreover, although the hook member 2 shown in the present embodiment is in a horizontally long form that is long in the bar 4 direction, it may be in another form, such as a form in which two (a plurality of) hook body portions 21 are provided.

  The form and dimensions of the hook main body 21 and the falling part 22 of the hook member 2 are not particularly limited, and the form of the shopping cart 1 or the store cart 5 or the umbrella stand as an umbrella holding part in the shopping cart 1 It may be determined in consideration of the case of providing a. For example, when providing an umbrella stand as an umbrella holding portion in the shopping cart 1, the falling portion 22 of the hook member 2 including the through hole 23 is elongated in the extending direction of the falling portion 22, and the umbrella 7 is Even when the shopping cart 1 is hung on the store cart 5 while being held on the umbrella stand (the stone bumper 61 and the fixed belt 62), the hook body portion 21 of the hook member 2 can be easily moved without being disturbed. It is preferable to be able to be hooked on the upper edge of the car 51 of the store cart 5.

  The material of the hook member 2 is not particularly limited, and may be formed of a suitable material such as synthetic resin, synthetic rubber, or metal. When molding with synthetic resin, if the shopping cart 1 is particularly heavy, an engineer plastic may be used to sufficiently withstand this weight. Further, an aggregate such as metal or chemical fiber may be embedded to increase the strength of the hook member 2.

  Reference numeral 10 in the drawing of the embodiment is a storage unit for storing articles to be purchased, reference numeral 11 is a wheel of the shopping cart 1, reference numeral 12 is a stand for placing the shopping cart 1 in an upright state, and reference numeral 13 is This is a caster for the store cart 5.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Shopping cart 2 ... Hook member 3 ... Handle support | pillar 4 ... Bar 5 ... Store cart 7 ... Umbrella 8 ... Wheel shaft 9 ... Connecting member 10 ... Storage part 11 ... Wheel 12 ... Stand 13 ... Caster 21 ... Hook main-body part 22 ... Falling part 23 ... Through hole 51 ... Cage 61 ... Stone bumper 62 ... Fixed belt

Claims (4)

  A shopping cart comprising hooking means configured to be hookable on an upper edge of a car of a store cart at a position above the position of the center of gravity of the main body.   2. The umbrella main body is provided with an umbrella holding portion comprising a bottomed cylindrical body that accommodates the tip of the closed umbrella and holding means for holding the main body of the closed umbrella. The shopping cart described.   When the hooking means is hooked on the upper edge of the cart of the store cart, and the hook is hooked on the upper edge of the car of the store cart, the hooking means falls from the hooked portion. It comprises a falling portion, and the falling portion is loosely attached to a erection member laid between predetermined handle columns provided in the main body so as to be able to rotate in the hooking direction. The shopping cart according to claim 1.   4. The shopping cart according to claim 3, wherein the through-hole through which the erection member of the falling part is passed is expanded in the extending direction of the falling part with respect to the through-hole direction.

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