JPH0911909A - Handle of shopping cart - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a display part on the upper surface part of a handle, and to build the equipment such as a coil lock in the handle by providing the handle of a shopping cart of approximately elliptical section, and transversely stretching the handle so that the direction of the major diameter of the approximately elliptical section approximately agrees with the longitudinal direction of the cart. CONSTITUTION: A handle 10 of a shopping cart is formed approximately elliptical section, the direction of the major diameter approximately agrees with the longitudinal direction of the cart, and the handle is transversely provided on the upper rear part of the cart in the width direction of the cart. A display part 30 for the instruction of the shopping cart or the advertisement of an article is provided on the upper surface part of the handle 10. A known coin lock can be built in the handle 10. When a user grips the handle 10, the handle 10 can be gripped with the whole palm to allow the force to turn the shopping cart to be applied to the handle 10, and the operability of the cart can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a handle of a shopping cart, and more particularly, to an improvement of a handle of a shopping cart which is horizontally laid on a rear upper portion of the shopping cart.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of handles for a shopping cart provided in a store such as a supermarket or a home center. Handle. Conventionally, such a handle generally has a circular cross section.

[0003]

However, the conventional handle of a shopping cart having a circular cross section has the following problems.

[0004] First, since the area of the upper surface of the handle is small, it is not possible to provide a display section such as an instruction for use or an advertisement on the upper surface of the handle. In addition, since the volume of the entire handle is small, for example, it has a key and a key insertion portion, and locks a key of another shopping cart inserted into the key insertion portion, and operates the lever storing a predetermined coin to operate the lever. A known device such as a coin lock for releasing the lock could not be incorporated.

Second, a shopping cart user who performs shopping while pushing the shopping cart may need to turn the shopping cart left and right while holding the handle with one hand. In this case, since the handle has a circular cross section and is thin, turning the shopping cart left and right with one hand requires considerable wrist force and gripping force, and it is difficult to operate the shopping cart with one hand.

Third, some shopping carts have a child mounted on the rear. In this type of shopping cart, a child placed at the rear of the shopping cart may support his / her body by putting a hand on a handle horizontally laid on the rear upper portion. In this case, the cross section of the handle was circular and thin, so that the body could not be stably supported. In particular, it is very difficult for a child or the like having an inexperienced parallel sensation to support the body with a thin handle.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem of the conventional handle. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a display unit on the top surface or to install a device such as a coin lock inside. In addition to the built-in shopping cart, the operability is excellent, and in addition, the type of shopping cart that puts the child on the rear has a simple handle for the shopping cart that the child can hold and stabilize. It is to provide by the structure. In particular, the invention of claim 2 is to provide a handle of a shopping cart which is further excellent in operability.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, means adopted by each of the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the drawings. First, in the invention of claim 1,
"The cross-section is formed in a substantially elliptical shape, and the cross-section is formed across the width of the rear upper part of the shopping cart such that the major axis direction of the substantially elliptical shape and the front-back direction of the shopping cart are substantially the same direction. The gist is the handle 10 of the characteristic shopping cart.

Next, in the invention of claim 2, "the substantially elliptical shape is made to be a substantially oval shape, and the large diameter portion 11 of the substantially oval shape is set to the front side and the small diameter portion 12 is set to the rear side. The gist is the handle 10 "of the shopping cart which is provided.

Next, in the invention of claim 3, "a display portion 30 for use instructions, advertisements, etc. is provided on the upper surface portion, according to claim 1 or 2. The gist is the handle 10 of the shopping cart.

Finally, in the invention of claim 4, "a key 41 and a key insertion portion 42 are provided, and a coin lock key 41a of another shopping cart inserted in the key insertion portion 42 is locked and predetermined. The shopping cart handle 10 "according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a coin lock 40 for unlocking the lock by operating a lever 43 that stores the coin. And

[0012]

The handle 10 of the shopping cart according to the present invention thus constructed operates as follows.

The handle 10 has a substantially elliptical cross-section, and the major axis of the elliptical shape is substantially the same as the front-rear direction of the shopping cart, and the handle 10 is laterally crosswise in the upper rear portion. To be hung. Therefore,
Compared to the conventional handle with a circular cross section, the handle 10
The upper surface portion of the device becomes wider, and as shown in FIG. 1, for example, a display portion 30 for use instructions, advertisements, etc. can be provided in this portion as in the invention of claim 3. Here, when the display portion is provided on the upper surface portion of the handle 10 as in the third aspect of the invention, the upper surface portion of the handle 10 is a portion which the user of the shopping cart can see when the user views the handle 10. When the user uses the shopping cart, the display unit 30 is always in the field of view, and the display effect is enhanced.

Further, as compared with a conventional handle having a circular cross section and a long and slender shape, the entire volume is large. For example, as shown in FIG.
And other devices can be built in. Here, when the coin lock 40 is built in the handle 10 itself as in the invention of claim 4, not only does the appearance of the whole look good, but there is no useless protruding portion, and when a child is placed on the shopping cart, the child can There is no problem of getting injured by catching the body on the protruding part.

On the other hand, when the user of the shopping cart grips the handle 10, the handle 10 is gripped by the entire palm because the cross section of the handle 10 is substantially elliptical. Therefore, when the shopping cart is swung left and right with one hand, the handle 10 has a force for turning the shopping cart due to the force of the entire palm and the twisting force between the thumb holding the handle 10 and the other fingers. As a result, the shopping cart can be easily operated. In particular, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the substantially oval shape is a substantially oval shape, the large-diameter portion 11 of the substantially oval shape is the front side, and the small-diameter portion 12 is the rear side as shown in FIG.
The handle 10 can be easily gripped, and the operability of the shopping cart can be further improved. Further, according to the invention of claim 2, not only the operability of the shopping cart can be further improved as described above, but also the upper surface portion of the handle 10 is slightly inclined toward the user side, so that the upper surface of the handle 10 is increased. When the display unit 30 is provided in the portion, the display unit 30 becomes even easier for the user to see.

By the way, in the case where the shopping cart is of a type in which a child is placed on the rear portion, when the child placed on the rear portion of the shopping cart holds the upper portion of the handle 10 to support the body, the upper portion of the handle 10 is wide. For,
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the body can be stably supported.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the handle of a shopping cart according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the handle 10 of the shopping cart according to the present invention. The handle 10 has a substantially elliptical cross section, and the major axis direction of the elliptical shape is substantially the same as the front-rear direction of the shopping cart. It is laid in the direction. Here, the handle 10 is as in the invention of claim 2.
The cross section is formed into a substantially oval shape, and the large-diameter portion 1 of the substantially oval shape is formed.
1 is disposed on the front side and the small diameter portion 12 is disposed on the rear side, and as shown in FIG. 3, it is very easy for the user to grip.

The handle 10 is horizontally supported by a support shaft 20 in the width direction of the shopping cart.
Here, the shape of the support shaft 20 is not particularly limited. However, if the support shaft 20 having a circular cross section is employed, some means for disabling the handle 10 with respect to the support shaft 20 is provided. Must take. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the support shaft 20 having a substantially oval cross section is employed, thereby holding the handle 10 so as not to rotate. The means for supporting the handle 10 on the shopping cart is not limited to this, and the handle 10 may be directly supported on the shopping cart, or may be attached to the handle of a conventional shopping cart. In the present embodiment, the handle 10 is
Although the example in which the support shaft 20 is slightly exposed from both ends to support the shopping cart has been described, the support shaft 20 may be supported so as to be laid across the entire width of the shopping cart.

By the way, on the upper surface of the handle 10,
As in the third aspect of the present invention, the display unit 30 is provided for displaying the usage instructions of the shopping cart and the advertisement of the product. Here, the display unit 30 may be a seal and attached to the handle 10 with an adhesive or the like. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 30 is formed into a sheet shape or a plate shape,
When it is inserted into the insertion portion 13 provided on the handle 10, it is possible to easily replace the display content such as the advertisement of the product. Further, not limited to this, the display unit 13 is screwed to the upper surface portion of the handle 10, or the handle 1 is
It is also possible to provide a binder such as a transparent sheet on the upper surface of 0 and insert and sandwich the display unit 13 in the binder.

On the other hand, inside the handle 10, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, a publicly known coin lock 40 may be built in like the invention of claim 4. This coin lock 40
It has a key 41 and a key insertion portion 42, locks a key 41a of a coin lock of another shopping cart inserted into the key insertion portion 42, and releases the lock by operating a lever 43 storing predetermined coins. Things.

[0022]

According to the present invention having the structure described in detail above, not only can a display portion be provided on the upper surface portion, and a device such as a coin lock can be built therein,
In a shopping cart of a type that is excellent in operability and has a child placed on the rear portion, a handle of the shopping cart that allows the child to hold his or her hand and stabilize the body can be provided with a simple structure. Especially,
According to the invention of claim 2, the operability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a shopping cart according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view showing a state where a handle is grasped.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example in which a display unit is provided on a handle.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example in which a coin lock is incorporated in a handle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Handle 11 Large diameter part 12 Small diameter part 13 Insertion part 20 Support shaft 30 Display part 40 Coin lock 41 Key 41a Key of coin lock of other shopping carts 42 Key insertion part 43 Lever

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cross-section is formed into a substantially elliptical shape, and the cross-section is laterally extended in the upper rear portion of the shopping cart such that the major axis direction of the substantially elliptical shape and the front-rear direction of the shopping cart are substantially the same direction. The handle of the shopping cart, which is characterized by being. 2. The substantially oval shape is formed into a substantially oval shape, and the large-diameter portion of the substantially oval shape is disposed on the front side and the small-diameter portion is disposed on the rear side. The handle of the listed shopping cart. 3. The handle of a shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein a display for displaying instructions for use and advertisements is provided on the upper surface portion. 4. A key having a key and a key insertion portion, which locks a coin lock key of another shopping cart inserted in the key insertion portion, and unlocks the lock by operating a lever storing a predetermined coin. The handle of the shopping cart according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a coin lock.