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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157272 | Shopping cart with child carrier apparatus having a b-pillar restraint region A shopping cart with child carrying apparatus suitable for storage and conveyance of a conventional capacity of food or other products can also transport and entertain at least one child. The shopping cart has at least one storage basket, as well as a child carrier ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152177 | Shopping cart accessory A shopping cart has a forward end and an aft end and includes a base structure including wheels, a chassis supported on the wheels, and a basket attached to the chassis. The shopping cart also includes an accessory seat structure attached in articulated fashion to t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8128103 | Deployable side seat for a baby stroller An optionally deployable side seat for a baby stroller, to seat a second child, is secured by hand-operated connectors to nearly any baby or child stroller, without tools. The side seat faces to the side of the stroller and has a deployed position in which two wheel... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8002290 | Child carrier assembly for a shopping cart A child seat assembly for use in a shopping cart and secured to the hinged rear gate of the shopping cart that is configured for lifting to expose a rear opening for nesting like carts. The child seat is secured in a lower portion of the shopping cart basket by hing... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7837205 | Shopping cart and collapsible compartment thereof The invention concerns a collapsible compartment of a shopping cart comprising a seat panel for closing leg holes avoiding small objects or groceries to fall out. The panel has a rear edge having a tube-shaped portion hingely connected to the swinging rear wall of t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7766347 | Seat assembly for a shopping cart A gate-and-seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate, a backrest, and a seat. The gate has a first end pivotally mountable to a rear portion of a shopping cart. The backrest includes a back support and a pair of legs with the back support defining a slot. Th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7475886 | Shopping cart The invention recites a child carrier comprising a seat portion including a seat, a backrest, and a floor. The child carrier further includes a substantially rigid body, at least partially surrounding and supporting the seat portion. The rigid body also includes sub... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7410178 | Shopping cart handle A handle for a shopping cart includes a frame defining a unitary member in a substantially continuous loop. At least one connection portion extends from the frame for securing the frame to a basket of a shopping cart and is configured to position the loop of the fra... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407169 | Seat assembly for a shopping cart A seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate pivotally mounted to a rear portion of the shopping cart and a seat member made from a plastic material. The seat member is mounted to the gate of the shopping cart via a pivot mechanism to extend in a position to ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7384049 | Cupholder for a shopping cart A cupholder for a shopping cart includes a gate pivotally mounted to a rear portion of a shopping cart and a seat member made from a plastic material. The seat member is mounted to the gate of the shopping cart via a pivot mechanism to extend in a generally horizont... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374182 | System and method for shopping cart liner A system and method for providing a baffler between contents transported in a shopping cart and potential pathogens and contaminates on the shopping cart upper surface. The invention is a cart liner which is placed between the contents and the shopping cart's upper ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7354049 | Infant carrying system An infant carrying system including a bag defining an interior compartment and having an opening for selectively providing access to the interior compartment. A pair of wheels are rotatably attached to the bag so that the bag can be rolled along the ground. A handle... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350788 | Child restraint apparatus A shopping cart having a juvenile restraining apparatus is provided. The juvenile restraining apparatus has shoulder straps, belt segments, and a chest panel. The shoulder straps each have first and second ends and are positionable over the juvenile's shoulders. The... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322582 | Enhanced shopping cart with lowered center of gravity and frame therefor A new shopping cart includes a wheeled base having forward and rear portions, a pedestal formed on the base for supporting a container or basket thereon, where the pedestal is secured to the base at a location between the forward and rearward ends of the base, and t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7300062 | Nestable shopping cart A nestable shopping cart formed to at least partially receive a second nestable shopping cart. The nestable shopping cart includes a frame, a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame, and a basket coupled to the frame. A body is coupled to the frame and a seat is co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270338 | Insulating compartment for grocery cart An insulating compartment is combined with a type grocery cart characterized by an open basket having forwardly-tapering sidewalls and bottom wall which terminate in a common front wall, as well as having a top-hung rear flap-panel that swings up when the nose of a ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249779 | Convertible stroller/tricycle A vehicle for carrying a child that is pushed along by one walking, jogging, or running, steerable with handlebars, and convertible from a push stroller to a rideable, operator-powered tricycle. The stroller converts from a stroller pushable from a back end to a tri... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246814 | Multi-level hand cart A multi-level personal utility cart includes a frame including a vertical rear panel and a handle including latching structure on side portions of the handle, each latching structure being structurally engaged with a portion of the rear panel, a lower basket assembl... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243929 | Utility cart The utility cart has a first pair of corner posts, a second pair of corners posts, a shelf, a front support bar, a pair of parallel side support bars, and a back support bar, which is particularly suited for supporting a drawstring garment bag for receiving garments... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237782 | Rear gate assembly for shopping cart A vertically swingable rear gate assembly for closing an open rear side of a shopping cart basket. The gate assembly includes a monolithic one-piece plate-like molded plastic gate member sized to substantially close off the rear side of the basket. A rigid one-piece... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7188858 | Foldable stroller A stroller having a novel frame geometry that provides a more direct structural tie between the front and the rear wheels. The two rear legs (bottom members) of the frame are disposed at a relatively small angle to the horizontal and remain close to that shallow ang... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168711 | Shopping cart A shopping cart has a wheeled base, a rear frame projecting upwardly from the rear end of the base with a handle at its upper end, a basket having a rear end secured to the frame and projecting forwardly from the frame at a spacing above the base, and a fixed child ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134673 | Moving cart assemblies The various aspects of the present invention are directed to moving carts and moving cart assemblies. One embodiment comprises a moving cart assembly with a plurality of interlocking, vertically stackable, storage modules. The modules of this embodiment comprise a f... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104552 | Plastic basket shopping cart An improved plastic basket shopping cart includes a cart base having an upwardly extending rear frame section with a handle and at least three wheels rotatably mounted on the cart base. A generally rectangular box shaped plastic basket is mounted on the cart base, a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093841 | Seating/storage add-on section with holster for shopping cart The present invention is a seating/storage add-on section for use with a shopping cart, having a non-rigid connector for engaging the rear wheels of a shopping cart. In addition, the connector allows relative movement between the add-on section and an attached shopp... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090230 | Shopping cart chassis A shopping cart chassis is provided with at least one tubular frame member. At least a first part of the length of the frame member has a wall with a hollow cylindrical configuration defining an annular transverse cross-section. At least a second part of the length ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073866 | Child safety harness A fully adjustable universal safety harness or restraint for small children designed to secure them in various chairs, high chairs, booster seats, shopping carts or strollers, or to control their movement. The restraint comprises a harness which fits over the child'... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073800 | Child carrier attachment for shopping carts A shopping cart carrier attachment for carrying at least one child, the child carrier having a main body with an entrance and a support platform or seat to support the child, the main body being removably attachable to the basket of the cart and to the lower frame o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070243 | Blow molded side panel chair system A frame has a pair of laterally spaced tubular supports in a generally inverted U-shaped configuration. A seat panel, in a generally horizontal plane, is secured between the supports. A back panel is supported by the seat panel. A pair of side panels includes one pa... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063337 | Child carrier assembly for a shopping cart A child seat assembly for use in a shopping cart and secured to the hinged rear gate of the shopping cart that is configured for lifting to expose a rear opening for nesting like carts. The child seat is secured in a lower portion of the shopping cart basket by hing... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063344 | Auxiliary wheelchair Auxiliary wheelchair for disposing on a primary wheelchair. The auxiliary wheelchair includes first and second frame sections that are telescopically connected together. The second frame section is actuatable relative to the first frame section from a first support ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7036831 | Shopping cart mounted child restraint apparatus A shopping cart mounted child restraint apparatus includes a cylindrical housing which includes first and second housing ends and strap passageway channels. An extendible and retractable safety restraint strap assembly is housed within the cylindrical housing. Dista... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029015 | Transporting device with panel truck A transporting device has a container, a panel member, a wheel frame and two wheels. The panel member has a plate and two first linkages pivoted on the plate and on lateral sides of the container respectively. The wheel frame has two second linkages pivoted on mid s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011316 | Infant car seat stroller An infant car seat stroller for transporting an infant car seat is disclosed. The infant car seat stroller includes a stroller frame for supporting an infant car seat, a pair of frame wheels provided on the stroller frame and a rear wheel frame having a rear wheel p... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6979004 | Child carrier having an electronic device The invention recites a child carrier comprising a seat portion including a seat, a backrest, and a floor. The child carrier further includes a substantially rigid body, at least partially surrounding and supporting the seat portion. The rigid body also includes sub... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979017 | Foldable frame assembly for a foldable stroller A foldable frame assembly for a foldable stroller includes left and right frame units including three parts. At least one of the three parts includes an anchored coupler with an anchored region, and an anchoring coupler extending in the same axis as the anchored reg... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966565 | Shopping cart having small items bag In a shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure mounted to the wheeled chassis, a basket supported by the wheeled chassis and mounted to the handle structure, and panels coactive with the handle structure and with one another and manipulatable so... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966566 | Shopping cart having cupholder in seat base In a shopping cart comprising a rear gate, which has two leg openings, and a child seat, which comprises a seat base, a seat back, and a seat panel, the seat base includes a cupholder, which is covered when the seat panel is pivoted to a position wherein the seat pa... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955363 | Toy Shopping cart A toy shopping cart has a basket and seat that may be used for different functions and which are easily removed from and reattached to a frame of the shopping cart. The frame of the toy shopping cart has a pair of leg assemblies with four wheels and a number of cros... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948725 | Child-seat liners The present invention relates to child-seat liners. Specifically, the present invention provides protective articles comprising child-seat liners, systems comprising child-seat liners, methods for using child-seat liners (e.g. with a shopping cart), and methods for ... | 09/27/2005 |
