JP3233251U - Shopping cart connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shopping basket connecting tool for connecting a bringing shopping basket and an in-store shopping basket stacked on the shopping basket. SOLUTION: A shopping cart connector 10 for connecting a bring-in shopping cart brought into a store by a shopper and an in-store shopping cart placed in the store is provided through a hole formed on a side surface of the bring-in shopping cart. The stretchable string body 12 that can be attached to the carry-on shopping cart, and the stretchable string body 12 that is connected to the string body and is placed on top of the carry-on shopping cart on the lower tier side. The fitting member 14 is provided, and the string body is extended to fit the fitting member to the upper surface opening peripheral portion of the shopping cart for the store. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a shopping cart connector for connecting stacked shopping carts, and in particular, shopping for connecting a shopping cart that a shopper brings to a store such as a supermarket with an in-store shopping cart placed in the store. Regarding the basket connector.

Generally, when shoppers shop at stores such as supermarkets, they use the in-store shopping cart located near the entrance. The shopper puts the products to be purchased in this in-store shopping cart, pays for these products at the cash register, and then refills them in a shopping bag and takes them home. In the checkout checkout, the products are transferred from the in-store shopping cart to the checkout shopping cart, and the shopper performs the work of refilling the goods from the checkout shopping cart into the shopping bag after the checkout checkout. Conventionally, plastic bags provided by stores have been used as shopping bags for packing products, but in recent years, from the viewpoint of protecting the global environment (reducing garbage and carbon dioxide emissions), plastic bags have been used. Alternatively, in order to reduce the use of plastic bags, shopping bags brought by shoppers themselves (called my bags) and shopping bags brought by them (called my bags) are being used.

In particular, when using a shopping cart brought by a shopper (hereinafter referred to as "bringing shopping cart"), the product is refilled from the in-store shopping cart to the brought shopping cart without using the checkout shopping cart at the checkout. Therefore, there is no need for further product refilling work after the checkout, and there is an advantage that shopping can be performed more conveniently.

However, even if you use your own shopping cart, you need to carry the items you want to buy in the in-store shopping cart while you are shopping. , It is necessary to put a shopping cart on the shopping cart and shop. In other words, while shoppers bring their own shopping carts into the store and shop, it is not possible to hold both the bringing shopping cart and the in-store shopping cart with both hands, so most shoppers are In this case, both the carry-on shopping cart and the in-store shopping cart will be placed on the shopping cart for use.

Furthermore, when a shopper uses a carry-on shopping cart, there is the inconvenience of always using a shopping cart even if there are very few items to shop.

Patent Document 1 discloses a shopping cart in which the main body of the accommodating portion of the shopping cart has the same shape and the handles can be different. This makes it possible to stack two shopping carts, raise the handle of the lower shopping cart, hold the handle of the lower shopping cart and carry the two shopping carts in a stacked state, without using a shopping cart. In addition, you can carry the in-store shopping cart and the bring-your-own shopping cart together while shopping.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-192667

However, the shopping cart of Patent Document 1 needs to have different handles for the in-store shopping cart and the carry-on shopping cart, and can only be adapted to a specific in-store shopping cart, resulting in low versatility. Also, it is not easy to use.

The inventor has worked to eliminate the inconvenience of having to use a shopping cart when bringing a shopping cart into the store for shopping, and now it is convenient to stack the shopping carts easily. It led to the development of expensive tools.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a shopping cart connector that enables a shopper to easily carry out shopping without using a shopping cart even when a shopper brings a shopping cart to the store. There is.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a shopping cart connector for connecting a bring-in shopping cart brought into the store by a shopper and an in-store shopping cart placed in the store, and is an aspect of the bring-your-own shopping cart. A stretchable cord that can be attached to the carry-on shopping cart through the hole formed in the above, and an in-store shopping cart on the upper tier that is connected to the cord and placed on top of the carry-on shopping cart on the lower tier. It is characterized in that it is provided with a fitting member that fits into the upper surface opening peripheral edge of the above surface, and the string body is extended to fit the fitting member into the upper surface opening peripheral edge of the shopping cart for in-store.

In the present invention, the string body is preferably a rubber string, and the fitting member is a thin plate member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and further has a through hole through which the string body passes. Further, both ends of the string body pass through the holes of the carry-on shopping basket, and both ends of the string body passing through the holes are tied to each other to be attached to the carry-on shopping basket.

For example, the fitting member has two side wall surfaces that are located straddling the peripheral edge of the upper surface opening, one side wall surface extending longer than the other side wall surface, and one side wall surface near the middle. The configuration may include a bent portion that bends diagonally toward the other side wall surface side, and a trapezoidal surface that tapers toward the open end.

The shopping cart connector according to the present invention is a shopping basket that a shopper brings to a store, and can be attached to an eco-basket having a substantially box shape with an opening surface on the upper surface. Then, according to the present invention, the shopping basket on the upper stage side and the eco basket on the lower stage side can be integrally connected in a state where the shopping baskets prepared in advance in the store are stacked on the eco-basket. With this configuration, even when a shopper brings an eco-basket to the store, he / she can easily enjoy shopping without using a shopping cart.

It is a figure which shows the 1st structural example of the shopping cart connector in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which the shopping cart connector 10 in embodiment of this invention is attached to the carry-on shopping cart 20. It is a figure which shows the use state of the shopping cart connector 10 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 2nd structural example of the shopping cart connector 10 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 3rd structural example of the shopping cart connector 10 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 4th structural example of the shopping cart connector 10 in embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, such embodiments do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first configuration example of a shopping cart connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. The shopping cart connector 10 includes a stretchable string body 12 and a fitting member 14 connected to the string body 12. The elastic string body 12 is preferably a rubber string, and its length of at least 200 mm is sufficient, and 300 mm or more is sufficient. The fitting member 14 is, for example, a thin plate member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is formed of a metal plate such as an aluminum plate or a plastic resin plate. As will be described later, the fitting member 14 has dimensions of, for example, about 22 mm in width × 15 mm in height × 50 mm in length in order to be fitted to the peripheral edge of the upper surface opening of the shopping cart, and the cross-sectional shape is limited to a U shape. Any shape such as a C-shape that can be hooked on the peripheral edge of the opening on the upper surface of the shopping cart may be used. Further, in the fitting member 14, for example, two through holes 14a are provided in one side wall surface 14b of the two facing side wall surfaces 14a, and the string body 12 is passed through the through holes 14a to allow the string body 12 to pass through the through holes 14a. And the fitting member 14 are connected.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the shopping cart connector 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached to the bring-in shopping cart 20 (a state in which the in-store shopping cart 22 is not overlapped on the bring-in shopping cart 20). 3 is a diagram showing the usage state of the shopping cart connector 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the in-store shopping carts 22 are stacked and placed on the brought-in shopping cart 20 and the shopping carts are connected. It is a figure which shows the state which the tool 10 connects the carry-on shopping cart 20 and the in-store shopping cart 22.

The bring-in shopping cart 20 is a shopping cart owned by the shopper himself / herself that the shopper brings to a store such as a supermarket.

The in-store shopping cart 22 is a shopping cart placed at the entrance of the store, and the shopper usually takes the in-store shopping cart 22 and purchases the product when entering the store. Shop while putting it in the in-store shopping cart 22.

At this time, the carry-on shopping cart 20 brought by the shopper is carried so as to be stacked with the in-store shopping cart 22 while shopping in the store. In order to put the products to be purchased in the in-store shopping cart 22, they are stacked in two stages so that the in-store shopping cart 22 is placed on the bring-in shopping cart 20, that is, the lower side is the bring-in shopping cart 20. Yes, the upper side is integrally stacked so as to be the in-store shopping cart 22.

The shopping cart connector 10 of the present invention is used so that the carry-on shopping cart 20 on the lower row side does not come off when the shopper holds the handle of the shopping cart 22 for the store on the upper row side.

At the time of checkout, the stacked shopping bag 20 and the in-store shopping bag are disconnected, and the products in the in-store shopping bag 22 can be directly placed in the carry-on shopping bag without going through the checkout basket. By transferring to 20, the shopper can take home the brought-in shopping cart 20 containing the purchased product as it is, without performing the work of putting the purchased product in a shopping bag such as a plastic shopping bag.

The carry-on shopping cart 20 and the in-store shopping cart 22 are general shopping carts, and although they do not necessarily have the same dimensions, they usually have similar shapes and sizes, and both of them have similar shapes and sizes. Can be overlaid. The size of a general shopping cart is, for example, width 510 x depth 360 x height 240 mm in outer dimensions, and width 475 x depth 330 mm in caliber inner dimensions. The shopping cart connector 10 of the present invention can be applied even when the specifications and dimensions of the shopping carts are different as long as the two shopping carts can be stacked, and can correspond to a wide variety of shopping carts.

The shopping cart (bringing basket 20 and in-store shopping basket 22) generally has a substantially box-shaped basket shape and is open on the upper surface, and the upper surface opening peripheral edges 20a and 22a defining the opening are formed. Provided. Further, each surface other than the upper surface (two long side surfaces facing each other and two short side surfaces and a bottom surface facing each other) is provided with a plurality of regularly arranged holes 20b and 22b. U-shaped handles 20c and 22c are rotatably supported on the upper peripheral edges 20a and 22a. The handles 20c and 22c fall down along the upper surface opening peripheral edges 20a and 22a when not in use, but when they are used, they stand up and are held by the shopper to hold the shopping cart. Make it portable. In addition, the shopping cart can be stored in so-called nesting when not in use, and does not require wasted space when stacking.

As shown in FIG. 2, both ends of the string body 12 are passed through the holes 20b on the side surface of the carry-on shopping basket 20, and the string body 12 is manually tied inside the carry-on shopping basket 20 to connect the shopping cart. 10 is attached to the carry-on shopping cart 20. In a state where the in-store shopping cart 22 is not overlapped on the carry-on shopping cart 20 (for example, in a state where it is stored only in the bring-on shopping cart 20), the fitting member 14 is as shown in FIG. 2 (a). , Close to the outside of the long side surface of the carry-on shopping cart 20, and is supported and arranged by a string body 12 that hangs out from the hole 20b without being disturbed. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 2B, in the fitting member 14, the two side wall surfaces 14a straddle the upper surface opening peripheral edge portion 22a and form the upper surface opening peripheral edge portion 20a corresponding to the long side surface of the carry-on shopping cart 20. It is placed so as to be covered and fitted. The shopping cart connector 10 is attached to both of the two opposite long sides of the carry-on shopping cart 20. That is, a pair of shopping cart connectors 10 are attached to opposite positions on the long side surfaces of the carry-on shopping cart 20.

When the shopper comes to the store with the bring-in shopping cart 20, he / she takes the in-store shopping cart 22 prepared in advance in the store and stacks it on the bring-in shopping cart 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the in-store shopping cart 22 is superposed on the carry-on shopping cart 20, the elastic cord 12 acts on the shopping cart connector 10 in the state shown in FIG. The fitting member 14 is pulled up so that the fitting member 14 is fitted so as to cover the upper surface opening peripheral edge portion 22a of the in-store shopping cart 22. Due to the elasticity of the string body 12, the fitting member 14 can be easily fitted to the upper surface opening peripheral edge portion 22a of the in-store shopping cart 22. It is also easy to remove. As a result, the fitting member 14 is attached to the in-store shopping cart 22, and the carry-on shopping cart 20 to which the string body 12 is tied and the in-store shopping cart 22 are integrally connected. FIG. 3A shows a state in which the bring-in shopping cart 20 and the in-store shopping cart 22 are connected by the shopping cart connector 10 as viewed from the side, and FIG. 3B shows the state in which it is viewed from the upper surface. Shows the state seen from.

In this way, the stretchable string body 12 is attached to the carry-on shopping basket 20 via the holes 20b formed on each surface including the long side surface of the carry-on shopping basket 20, and the fitting member connected to the string body 12 is attached. By extending the string body 12 and fitting the 14 into the upper surface opening peripheral edge portion 22a of the upper-tier side in-store shopping cart 22 that is stacked and placed on the lower-tier side carry-on shopping cart 20, the shopper The carry-on shopping cart 20 brought into the store and the in-store shopping cart 22 placed in the store are connected.

As a result, the shopper can shop without having to use the shopping cart in particular, without the carry-on shopping cart 20 getting in the way while shopping in the store. At the time of checkout, the fitting member 14 of the shopping cart connector 10 is removed from the upper surface opening peripheral edge 22a of the in-store shopping cart 22, and the cleared product is directly sent from the in-store shopping cart 22 to the bring-in shopping cart 20 by the clerk. You can take the product home by having it put in, completing the settlement, and taking the carry-on shopping cart 20 as it is.

The shopping cart connector 10 of the present invention has a simple structure and its material is inexpensive, so that it can be realized at a low price and can be easily used. Therefore, it is possible to promote the use of the carry-on shopping cart 20 without a shopping cart and to prepare an environment in which shoppers can easily use the carry-on shopping cart 20. In addition, it can promote international efforts to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags and play a role in promoting eco-friendly movements to protect the global environment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a second configuration example of the shopping cart connector 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the second configuration example shown in FIG. 4, the fitting member 14 has a substantially U-shaped cross section as compared with the first configuration example, but the side wall surfaces 14a on both sides are slightly tilted inward from each other. The space between the ends is narrowed, and the cross section of the open end has a slightly bulging and rounded shape. By forming the fitting member 14 from, for example, a flexible plastic resin plate, the fitting member 14 is fitted so as to be pushed into the upper surface opening peripheral edges 20a, 22a of the shopping carts 20 and 22, and the tensile force of the string body 12 is increased. In addition, the fitting member 14 fitted in the upper surface opening peripheral edges 20a and 22a can be more reliably fixed by the pinching force from the side wall surface of the fitting member 14. Since the fitting member 14 has flexibility, it can be easily removed by pulling up the fitting member 14 with a small force.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a third configuration example of the shopping cart connector 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the third configuration example shown in FIG. 5, as compared with the first configuration example, the through hole 14b of the fitting member 14 is provided along the longitudinal direction of the side wall surface 14a, and the string body 12 is provided with the through hole 14b. Through holes 14b are passed along the longitudinal direction. The through hole 14b can be provided only by the molding step without the need for drilling work.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a fourth configuration example of the shopping cart connector 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6A is an external perspective view of the shopping cart connector 10 of the fourth configuration example, and FIG. 6B is a carry-on shopping in which the shopping cart connector 10 of the fourth configuration example is stacked. The state in which the basket 20 and the in-store shopping basket 22 are connected to each other is shown. In the fourth configuration example shown in FIG. 6, one side wall surface 14a of the fitting member 14 is extended longer than the other, and one side wall surface 14a is located near the middle of the other. It has a bent portion 14a1 that bends diagonally on the side wall surface side of the above, and also has a trapezoidal surface 14a2 that tapers toward the open end. The through hole 14b is provided in the bent portion 14a1. With this configuration, the fitting member 14 is turned upside down (turned over) in a state where the carry-on shopping cart 20 is not overlapped with the in-store shopping cart 22 (a state where it is attached only to the carry-on shopping cart 20). It is held along the long side of the carry-on shopping cart 20 without hanging. Further, since the position of the through hole 14b in the connected state is lowered, the length of the string body 12 can be relatively shortened. Further, when the in-store shopping cart 22 is placed on the bring-in shopping basket 20 so as to overlap, and the fitting member 14 is pulled up to cover the upper surface opening peripheral edge portion 22a of the in-store shopping basket 22, the open end is reached. By providing the trapezoidal surface 14a2 that has a tapered shape (the shape that expands toward the top), the fitting member 14 can be naturally hooked without being strongly gripped by the hand.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and there are design changes within a range that does not deviate from the gist including various modifications and modifications that can be conceived by a person having ordinary knowledge in the field of the present invention. Of course, it is also included in the present invention.

10: Shopping cart connector, 12: String body, 14: Fitting member, 14a: Side wall surface, 14b: Through hole, 20: Bring shopping cart, 20a: Top opening peripheral edge, 20b: Hole, 20c: Handle , 22: Shopping cart for in-store, 22a: Upper surface opening peripheral edge, 22b: Hole, 22c: Handle

Claims (5)

It is a shopping cart connector that connects the shopping cart brought by the shopper to the store and the shopping cart for the store placed in the store.
A stretchable string body that can be attached to the carry-on shopping cart through a hole formed on the side surface of the carry-on shopping cart.
It is provided with a fitting member that is connected to the string body and is fitted to the upper surface opening peripheral edge of the in-store shopping cart on the upper side, which is placed on top of the carry-on shopping basket on the lower side.
A shopping basket connector comprising extending the string body to fit the fitting member to the upper surface opening peripheral edge of the in-store shopping basket. The shopping cart connector according to claim 1, wherein the fitting member is a thin plate member having a substantially U-shaped cross section. The shopping cart connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fitting member has a through hole through which the string body passes. Claim 1 is characterized in that both ends of the string body pass through a hole in the carry-on shopping cart, and both ends of the string body passing through the hole are tied to each other to be attached to the carry-on shopping basket. The shopping cart connector according to any one of 3 to 3. The fitting member has two side wall surfaces that are arranged so as to straddle the upper surface opening peripheral edge portion, one side wall surface is extended longer than the other side wall surface, and the one side wall surface is near the middle thereof. The shopping cart connector according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a bent portion that is bent diagonally toward the other side wall surface side and a trapezoidal surface that is tapered toward the open end.

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