IP Library Granted Patent US 8,136,275
Granted Patent B2
US 8,136,275 · App. 12/597,639 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Display element for attaching advertising to the handle of a shopping cart

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Patent No.
US 8,136,275
App. No.
12/597,639
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a display element for attaching advertising to the handle of a shopping cart or the like. The display element includes a base body having a recess for inserting advertising media in a flat manner and fastening elements for fastening the display element on the handle bar, or the handle bar mounts, of a shopping cart. The display element is made of half shell-shaped parts, which in the joined state surround the handle bar, or the handle bar mount, in the shape of an enclosed box profile. The half shell-shaped parts are non-positively or positively connected to the handle bar.

Claims (9)

1. A display element for attaching advertisements to a shopping cart handlebar or a handlebar bracket, comprising:

a basic body having a recess configured for receiving a flat advertising medium, the basic body having a first half-shell shaped side part and a second half-shell shaped side part opposite the first half-shell shaped side part and a half-shell shaped central part disposed between the first and second half-shell shaped side parts which, in an assembled state thereof, define a mounting recess having a closed profile which surrounds the handlebar or the handlebar bracket, the closed profile having an interior which tightly surrounds the handlebar or the handlebar bracket and produces mechanical contact with the handlebar or handlebar bracket;

the first and second half-shell shaped side parts and the half-shell shaped central part being connected by webs which mate with corresponding grooves.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the webs and grooves define a positive locking connection.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein said recess receives the handlebar or handlebar bracket in a positive locking engagement.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting recess is disposed coaxially with a central longitudinal axis of the basic body.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting recess is disposed offset from a central longitudinal axis of the basic body.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the basic body is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the handlebar or handlebar bracket by a screw connection.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the webs and grooves have longitudinal axes which are parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handlebar.

Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2007 005 978 U · Apr 24, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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