Shopping cart basket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10040468-B2
Application number	US-201715641367-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2017
Priority date	Jul 7, 2016
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

Described is a shopping cart basket for affixing to a shopping cart. The shopping cart basket can be used to carry tools, accessories, or other items that an individual wants to carry with, but keep separate from, items in the shopping cart. The shopping cart basket includes a basket body with a pair of hooks on arms that hook the shopping cart basket to the shopping cart. The shopping cart basket can be hung from many different locations on a shopping cart, including the front or back, the sides, the inside, or the outside. The shopping cart basket can be hung from any type of shopping cart, including basket types of shopping carts or flatbed carts. The shopping cart basket includes elements that hold and secure tools commonly used by employees performing tasks with a shopping cart.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shopping cart basket for affixing to a shopping cart, the shopping cart basket comprising:
a basket front side;
a basket rear side;
a basket bottom;
an open top;
a first end side comprising a first bent rod; and
a second end side opposing the first end side, wherein the second end side comprises a second bent rod;
wherein the first bent rod lies in a first end side plane, and wherein the first bent rod comprises:
a U shaped portion comprising:
a U shaped portion first end;
a U shaped portion second end; and
an open end facing the basket rear side;

a straight rod section coupled to the U-shaped portion first end, wherein the straight rod section comprises a straight rod longitudinal axis, and wherein the straight rod longitudinal axis is perpendicular to a basket bottom plane; and
an arm comprising:
an arm first end coupled to the straight rod section;
an arm second end opposing the arm first end; and
an arm longitudinal axis;

and
a hook coupled to the arm second end.

2. The shopping cart basket of claim 1 , wherein an arm angle between the arm longitudinal axis and the straight rod longitudinal axis is between about 20 degrees and about 50 degrees.

3. The shopping cart basket of claim 1 , further comprising a stabilizer loop coupled to the first end side.

4. The shopping cart basket of claim 3 , wherein the stabilizer loop extends perpendicular to a first end side plane.

5. The shopping cart basket of claim 1 , further comprising a rod hook coupled to the basket rear side, extending perpendicular to the basket rear side in a direction away from the basket front side.

6. The shopping cart basket of claim 1 , further comprising a shopping bag hanger loop coupled to the basket front side, wherein the shopping bag hanger loop is a U-shaped loop comprising a hanger loop first end coupled to a front side top rail, a hanger loop second end coupled to the front side top rail, and wherein the shopping bag hanger loop lies in a front side plane.

7. The shopping cart basket of claim 1 , further comprising at least one front shopping bag hangar loop coupled to the front side.

8. The shopping cart basket of claim 7 , wherein the at least one front shopping bag hangar loop lies in a front side plane.

9. The shopping cart basket of claim 8 , further comprising at least one rear shopping bag hangar loop coupled to the basket rear side, wherein the at least one rear shopping bag hanger loop lies in a rear side plane.

10. The shopping cart basket of claim 1 , wherein the basket front side, the basket rear side, and the basket bottom are formed of a wire grid.

11. A method of assembling a shopping cart basket, the method comprising:
forming a basket bottom, a basket front side, and a basket rear side using a grid of rods;
bending a first rod into a first U-shaped portion to form a basket first end side;
coupling a straight rod section to the first U-shaped portion, wherein the straight rod section comprises a straight rod section first end coupled to the first U-shaped portion, and a straight rod section second end opposing the straight rod section first end, and wherein the straight rod section extends from the first U-shaped portion in a direction away from the basket bottom;
bending a second rod into a second U-shaped portion to form a basket second end side;
coupling the basket first end side to a basket bottom first end; and
coupling the basket second end side to a basket bottom second end.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising coupling an arm to the straight rod section second end, wherein the straight rod section has a straight rod longitudinal axis, and wherein the arm forms an arm angle of between about 35 degrees between an arm longitudinal axis and the straight rod longitudinal axis.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising coupling an arm to the straight rod section second end, wherein the straight rod section has a straight rod longitudinal axis, and wherein the arm forms an arm angle of between about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees between an arm longitudinal axis and the straight rod longitudinal axis.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the arm comprises an arm first end coupled to the straight rod section second end, and an arm second end opposing the arm first end, and wherein the bending the first rod into the first U-shaped portion to form the basket first end side further comprises coupling a hook to the arm second end.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first U-shaped portion, the straight rod section, the arm, and the hook all lie in the same plane.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising coupling at least one front shopping bag hanger loop to the basket front side, wherein the at least one front shopping bag hanger loop extends from a front side top rail and lies in a front side plane.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising coupling a rod hook to the basket rear side such that the rod hook extends in a direction away from the basket front side perpendicular to the basket rear side.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
coupling a first stabilizer loop to the basket first end side; and
coupling a second stabilizer loop to the basket second end side.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first stabilizer loop is perpendicular to the basket first end side, and the second stabilizer loop is perpendicular to the basket second end side.

Assignees

• Wal Mart Stores Inc

Inventors

• Bacallao Yurgis Mauro
• Beere Ii Dennis Charles

Classifications

• B62B3/1464 Primary

  Bags or containers specially adapted to the baskets · CPC title

• B62B3/1468

  Additional trays · CPC title

• B62B5/00

  Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts ({B62B3/1404} , B62B9/00 take precedence; wheels, axles, or axle bearings for vehicles B60B; castors for vehicles, castors in general B60B33/00) · CPC title