Beverage Serving Trolley With Improved Beverage Presentation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023106691-A1
Application number	US-202117794589-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 20, 2021
Priority date	Jan 23, 2020
Publication date	Apr 6, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A beverage serving trolley comprising a supporting structure, at least one wheel, a presentation basket being configured to receive beverage bottles and ice cubes and being arranged on the top side of the beverage serving trolley, wherein the presentation basket has a basket handle and is configured so that the presentation basket can be carried in a balanced manner with one hand.

First claim

1 . A beverage serving trolley comprising:
a supporting structure, at least one wheel, a presentation basket being configured to receive beverage bottles and ice cubes and being arranged on the top side of the beverage serving trolley, wherein, the presentation basket has a basket handle and is configured so that the presentation basket can be carried in a balanced manner with one hand.

2 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 1 , wherein, the presentation basket includes a ground being of a rectangular shape and four inner side walls, which are configured to receive said beverage bottles and ice cubes, an upper outer rim which laterally protrudes away and an upper inner rim at the top of the four inner side walls.

3 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 2 , wherein, the presentation basket has a supporting surface at an underside of the upper outer rim and the presentation basket rests with the supporting surface on the beverage serving trolley.

4 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 3 , wherein the basket handle is located at and projects upwards from the center of the ground of the presentation basket.

5 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 4 , wherein the basket handle includes an elongated basket handlebar and a basket handle bracket, wherein the basket handle bracket is composed of a bracket base at the ground of the presentation basket and two bracket columns protruding upwards from two opposite ends of the bracket base, and wherein the elongated basket handlebar is connected to the top of each bracket column.

6 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 5 , wherein the presentation basket is predominantly composed of a one-piece plastic component including the bracket base and the two bracket columns, whereas the elongated basket handlebar is a separate component that is physically connected to the two bracket columns.

7 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 5 , wherein the presentation basket has a cover accommodating area at the upper inner rim which is sunken so that a cover can be placed onto the presentation basket without slipping.

8 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 7 , wherein the elongated basket handlebar is located at a level below the cover accommodating area.

9 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 5 , wherein the presentation basket includes removable ice packs that are configured to be inserted into the presentation basket.

10 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 9 , wherein the removable ice packs are of a plate-like shape with a ground surface corresponding to the surface of one inner side wall of the presentation basket.

11 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 10 , wherein the removable ice packs have a cross-sectional area of a trapezoidal shape.

12 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 9 , wherein the presentation basket further includes a sheet metal tray comprising a ground and four side walls, the sheet metal tray being configured to be removably placed into the presentation basket and to thereby contact and cover the ground of the presentation basket and the removable ice packs, in a state when the removable ice packs are inserted into the presentation basket.

13 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 12 , wherein upper edges of the side walls of the sheet metal tray are folded outwards in order to rest on the removable ice packs.

14 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 13 , wherein the sheet metal tray has a cutout at the ground for the basket handle.

15 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 5 , wherein the presentation basket further includes a light module that is configured to be inserted into and removed from the presentation basket and to illuminate said beverage bottles inside the presentation basket from below.

16 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 15 , wherein the light module includes two symmetrical parts, each of which has a connecting element and a light emitting element, wherein, when the light module is inserted into the presentation basket, the connecting elements of both symmetrical parts are connected together and the light emitting elements are located at the ground.

17 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 16 , wherein the light emitting elements are flat in shape and, when the light module is inserted into the presentation basket, the light emitting elements are laid flatly on the ground.

18 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 17 , wherein the light emitting elements include a frosted plastic plate which allows light to pass through.

19 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 16 , wherein, in an inserted state of the light module, the connecting elements contain one or more magnets and are connected together with the one or more magnets in an area between the two bracket columns.

20 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 19 , wherein each connecting element includes a power button and a battery compartment.

21 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 20 , wherein each connecting element further includes a battery capacity indicator, a battery charging port and a rubber lid that covers the battery capacity indicator and the battery charging port.

22 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 2 , wherein the presentation basket further comprises an outlet at a side wall near the ground.

23 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 1 , wherein the presentation basket further comprises a footstand at each corner on the underside of the presentation basket.

24 . The beverage serving trolley of claim 1 , wherein the beverage serving trolley further comprises a handle for moving the beverage serving trolley.

Assignees

• Dometic Sweden Ab

Inventors

• Söödi Birk
• Meda Samuele

Classifications

• B62B3/005

  Details of storage means, e.g. drawers, bins or racks · CPC title

• B62B3/003

  Non-transparent side walls · CPC title

• B62B3/10

  characterised by supports specially adapted to objects of definite shape · CPC title

• A47B31/02 Primary

  with heating, cooling or ventilating means · CPC title

• B62B1/10

  in which the load is intended to be transferred totally to the wheels · CPC title