Nested luggage cart

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9840265-B1
Application number	US-201615285636-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 5, 2016
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A cart for transporting goods to various locations. The cart is configured to carry luggage and other items that require transportation, and designed to nest with like-constructed carts, thereby reducing the space required to store the carts when not in use. The cart comprises a platform configured to carry a load. The platform has a first end configured to nest within a like-shaped cart, a second end configured to receive and engage with at least a portion of said like-shaped cart, and opposing sides. The cart further includes a pair of push or pull handles having first ends secured to the first end of the platform and second ends secured to the second end of the platform, and a main body traversing between the first end and the second end. The cart also includes a plurality of wheels attached to a lower surface of the platform.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A nestable cart comprising:
a platform configured to carry a load having a first end having a generally planar surface configured to support said load and sized and shaped to nest within a first portion of a like-shaped cart, a second end having a cut-out region extending inwardly toward a center, said cut-out portion separating said planar surface at said second end into a first portion and a second portion, said cut-out region configured to receive and engage with at least a second portion of said like-shaped cart;
a first push or pull handle having a first end secured to said first end of said platform, a second end secured to said second end of said platform, and a main body traversing between said first end and said second end;
a second push or pull handle having a first end secured to said first end of said platform, a second end secured to said second end of said platform, and a main body traversing between said first end and said second end, said second push or pull handle being spaced apart from said first push or pull handle, said first push or pull handle and said second push or pull handle having the same length to traverse between said first end and said second end but diverging at a point along said length, thereby having a distance between said first push or pull handle and said second push or pull handle that is larger at one end; and
a plurality of wheels attached to a lower surface of said platform.

2. The nestable cart according to claim 1 wherein said platform includes a sloping surface.

3. The nestable cart according to claim 1 wherein said platform further includes at least a portion of said first end having a smaller width than at least a portion of said second end.

4. The nestable cart according to claim 1 wherein said platform second end cutout comprises a generally U-shaped opening.

5. The nestable cart according to claim 4 wherein said second end of said first push or pull bar is secured to said second end of said platform at a distance from said opening.

6. The nestable cart according to claim 4 wherein said second end of said second push or pull bar is secured to said second end of said platform at a distance from said opening.

7. The nestable cart according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of wheels includes a pair of wheels secured to said lower surface of said platform at or near said first end.

8. The nestable cart according to claim 7 wherein said plurality of wheels includes a second pair of wheels secured to said lower surface of said platform at or near said second end.

9. The nestable cart according to claim 1 wherein the distance between a portion of said first push or pull handle and a portion of said second push or pull handle located at said platform first end is smaller than the distance between a portion of said first push or pull handle and a portion of said second push or pull handle located at said platform second end.

10. The nestable cart according to claim 1 further including at least one hang bar secured to at least a portion of said first push or pull handle and at least a portion of said second push or pull handle.

11. The nestable cart according to claim 1 further including a bumper.

12. The nestable cart according to claim 1 further including a guide wheel.

13. The nestable cart according to claim 1 wherein said platform has a sloped portion.

14. A nestable cart comprising:
a platform configured to carry a load having a forward end having a primary transporting surface for receiving and holding one or more items, and sized to nest within a like-shaped cart, a rear end having a cut-out region extending inwardly toward a center and forming two secondary surfaces separated by a distance and configured to receive and hold items, said cut-out portion sized and shaped to engage with at least a portion of said like-shaped cart;
a first push or pull handle having a first portion secured to said forward end of said platform, a second portion secured to said rear end of said platform, and a main body separating said first portion and said second portion; and
a second push or pull handle having a first portion secured to said forward end of said platform, a second portion secured to said rear end of said platform, and a main body separating said first end and said second end,
said first push or pull handle and said second push or pull handle having the same shape and length to traverse between a first position at or near said forward end and a second position at or near said rear end, and being separated from each other by a distance, said distance between said first push or pull handle and said second push or pull handle at said forward end is smaller than said distance between said first push or pull handle and said second push or pull handle at said rear end.

15. The nestable cart according to claim 14 further including a plurality of wheels attached to a lower surface of said platform.

16. The nestable cart according to claim 15 further including a guide wheel.

17. The nestable cart according to claim 14 wherein said platform has a sloped surface.

18. The nestable cart according to claim 14 further including a bumper.

Assignees

• Suncast Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Thuma Michael
• Anderson Torrence
• Vogler Michael R

Classifications

• B62B2202/65

  Clothes · CPC title

• B62B3/106

  the objects being bags · CPC title

• B62B2202/24

  Suit-cases, other luggage · CPC title

• B62B3/1476 Primary

  the main load support being a platform · CPC title

• B62B3/186

  V-shaped when nested · CPC title