IP Library Granted Patent US 12,226,007
Granted Patent B2
US 12,226,007 · App. 17/313,446 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Detachable shopping cart handle device

Inventor: Paul L. Williamson (Aurora, CO)
A45F5/102B62B5/06B62B5/067B62B5/069A45F2005/1006
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Patent No.
US 12,226,007
App. No.
17/313,446
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detachable shopping handle device includes a handgrip, an arm and a clamp for gripping shopping cart handles. The clamp may be sized and configured to snap onto the handle or the clamp may open to fit over the handle and close to grip it. The device arm may telescope or fold. The device may include two spaced-apart clamps. The clamp may be detachable from the arm. The arm may include a hook for carrying a shopping bag. The device may include a rechargeable battery and a connection for charging a phone. A carrying case may be used to hold the device.

Claims (7)

1. A detachable shopping handle device for a shopping basket comprising two parallel shopping basket handles comprising:

a handgrip extending in a longitudinal direction, the handgrip configured to allow a user to grip the device;

a clamp configured to detachably snap onto the two parallel shopping basket handles, the clamp comprising two downwardly extending gripping appendages and a channel between the two gripping appendages, the channel extending parallel to the longitudinal direction and having a downwardly extending opening for insertion of the two parallel shopping basket handles; and

an arm disposed between the handgrip and the clamp and attached to the handgrip and the clamp;

wherein the channel simultaneously receives the two parallel shopping basket handles firmly to allow a user to lift and carry the shopping basket when the shopping basket contains groceries.

2. The detachable shopping handle device for the shopping basket comprising two parallel shopping basket handles of claim 1 wherein the clamp is sufficient to allow the user to carry the shopping basket when it contains 20 pounds of groceries.

3. The detachable shopping handle device for the shopping basket comprising two parallel shopping basket handles of claim 1 further comprising a second handgrip attached to the arm.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63020774 · May 6, 2020
Related Publication 20210347399A1 · Nov 11, 2021
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