IP Library Granted Patent US 11,155,290
Granted Patent B2
US 11,155,290 · App. 16/290,416 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Handcart

Inventors: Yukiko Yokoyama (Sunto Shizuoka, JP); Takahiro Saitou (Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP); Masachika Kurata (Mishima Shizuoka, JP); Noriyoshi Hara (Mishima Shizuoka, JP); Hitoshi Iizaka (Fuji Shizuoka, JP); Hidehiro Naito (Mishima Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62B3/1412B62B3/1424B62B5/0006B62B5/0096B62B2202/61
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Patent No.
US 11,155,290
App. No.
16/290,416
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stackable handcart includes a cart frame, a display, and a restriction member. The cart frame includes a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a front end portion that abuts a first stackable handcart when the stackable handcart is stacked with the first stackable handcart from behind the first stackable handcart. The display is attached to the cart frame. The restriction member is attached to the cart frame at a position to abut a front end portion of a second stackable handcart when the second stackable handcart is stacked with the stackable handcart from behind the stackable handcart. The restriction member is positioned such that a display of the second stackable handcart does not abut the display of the stackable handcart when the front end portion of the second stackable handcart abuts the restriction member.

Claims (37)

1. A stackable handcart comprising:

a cart frame including a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a front end portion configured to abut a first stackable handcart having a same configuration as the stackable handcart when the stackable handcart is stacked with the first stackable handcart from behind the first stackable handcart;

a display attached to the cart frame; and

a restriction member attached to the cart frame at a position to abut a front end portion of a second stackable handcart having a same configuration as the stackable handcart when the second stackable handcart is stacked with the stackable handcart from behind the stackable handcart, the restriction member being configured to prevent the front end portion of the stacked second stackable handcart from proceeding forward beyond a rear end of the restriction member, the restriction member being positioned such that a display of the second stackable handcart does not abut the display of the stackable handcart when the front end portion of the second stackable handcart abuts the restriction member.

2. The stackable handcart according to claim 1 , wherein the restriction member is below the display in a height direction.

3. The stackable handcart according to claim 1 , wherein the restriction member thereof is behind the front end portion in a front-to-rear direction.

4. The stackable handcart according to claim 1 , wherein the front end portion abuts the shopping basket when the shopping basket is placed in the receiving portion thereof.

5. The stackable handcart according to claim 1 , wherein the cart frame further includes a display mounting arm extending upward, and the display is attached to the display mounting arm.

6. The stackable handcart according to claim 5 , wherein the display mounting arm is disposed at a left or right end region of the cart frame.

7. The stackable handcart according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a camera mounted on the cart frame at a position below the display, wherein

the restriction member is positioned such that a camera of the second stackable handcart does not abut the camera of the stackable handcart when the front end portion of the second stackable handcart abuts the restriction member.

8. The stackable handcart according to claim 7 , wherein

the camera is directed to capture a region including an inner space of the shopping basket.

9. The stackable handcart according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a code reader attached to the cart frame, wherein

the restriction member is positioned such that a code reader of the second stackable handcart does not abut the code reader of the stackable handcart when the front end portion of the second stackable handcart abuts the restriction member.

10. The stackable handcart according to claim 9 , wherein

the cart frame further includes a handle portion disposed at a rear end region of the cart frame, and

the code reader is mounted on the handle portion.

11. The stackable handcart according to claim 1 , wherein the restriction member comprises a plate.

12. A stackable handcart comprising:

a cart frame including a receiving portion on which a shopping basket is placeable and a front end portion that abuts a first stackable handcart having a same configuration as the stackable handcart when the stackable handcart is stacked with the first stackable handcart from behind the first stackable handcart;

a code reader attached to the cart frame; and

a restriction member attached to the cart frame at a position to abut a front end portion of a second stackable handcart having a same configuration as the stackable handcart when the second stackable handcart is stacked with the stackable handcart from behind the stackable handcart, the restriction member being configured to prevent the front end portion of the stacked second stackable handcart from proceeding forward beyond a rear end of the restriction member, the restriction member being positioned such that a code reader of the second stackable handcart does not abut the code reader of the stackable handcart when the front end portion of the second stackable handcart abuts the restriction member.

13. The stackable handcart according to claim 12 , wherein the restriction member is below the display in a height direction.

14. The stackable handcart according to claim 12 , wherein the restriction member thereof is behind the front end portion in a front-to-rear direction.

15. The stackable handcart according to claim 12 , wherein the front end portion abuts the shopping basket when the shopping basket is placed in the receiving portion thereof.

16. The stackable handcart according to claim 12 , wherein

the cart frame further includes a handle portion disposed at a rear end region of the cart frame, and

the code reader is mounted on the handle portion.

17. The stackable handcart according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a camera mounted on the cart frame at a position below the display, wherein

the restriction member is positioned such that a camera of the second stackable handcart does not abut the camera of the stackable handcart when the front end portion of the second stackable handcart abuts the restriction member.

18. The stackable handcart according to claim 17 , wherein

the camera is directed to capture a region including an inner space of the shopping basket.

19. The stackable handcart according to claim 12 , wherein the restriction member comprises a plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2019
From: YOKOYAMA, YUKIKO; SAITOU, TAKAHIRO; KURATA, MASACHIKA; HARA, NORIYOSHI; IIZAKA, HITOSHI; NAITO, HIDEHIRO
To: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 049376/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-037823 · Mar 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190270469A1 · Sep 5, 2019
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