IP Library Granted Patent US 11,724,728
Granted Patent B2
US 11,724,728 · App. 17/563,471 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Reinforced nesting shopping cart

Inventors: Bruce Zutler (Port Washington, NY); Kevin Chow (Port Washington, NY); Harry Wellington (Port Washington, NY)
Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
B62B3/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,724,728
App. No.
17/563,471
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nestable shopping cart has an upright frame, and a tray pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position, a nested position, an inside, and an outside. Further included is a perimeter wire surrounding the tray and a tapered front. The perimeter wire surrounds the outside of the tray until the tapered front, and then the perimeter wire surrounds the inside of the tapered front.

Claims (29)

1. A nestable shopping cart, comprising:

an upright frame;

a tray pivotally connected to the upright frame, comprising:

a utility position;

a nested position;

an inside;

an outside;

a perimeter wire surrounding the tray; and

a tapered front;

wherein the perimeter wire surrounds the outside of the tray until the tapered front, and

wherein the perimeter wire surrounds the inside of the tapered front.

2. The nestable shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein the tapered front forms an angle of about 35 degrees.

3. The nestable shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein the nestable shopping cart is configured to be nested within the another nestable shopping cart in a line.

4. The nestable shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein the tray exhibits a grid steel wire pattern.

5. The nestable shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein the perimeter wire defines a diameter of about ⅚ inches.

6. A nestable shopping cart, comprising:

an upright frame;

a tray pivotally connected to the upright frame, comprising:

a utility position;

a nested position;

an inside;

an outside;

a perimeter wire surrounding the tray;

a tapered front; and

a face plate attached to the outside at the tapered front;

wherein the perimeter wire surrounds the outside of the tray until the tapered front, and

wherein the perimeter wire surrounds the inside of the tapered front.

7. The nestable shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein the tapered front forms an angle of about 35 degrees.

8. The nestable shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein the nestable shopping cart is configured to be nested within the another nestable shopping cart in a line.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2026
From: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 075148/0278 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2022
From: ZUTLER, BRUCE; CHOW, KEVIN; WELLINGTON, HARRY
To: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
Reel/Frame 058780/0083 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 17209886 · Mar 23, 2021
Related Publication 20220306176A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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