Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article supported on horizontally extending member
Patent
1995-10-05
1997-06-24
Luebke, Renee S.
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article supported on horizontally extending member
2241487, 224191, 224258, A45F 500
Patent
active
056411049
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention pertains to an ambulant sales facility for preparing and selling freshly prepared snacks, like Bratwursts and other grilled items, as well as for cold and hot drinks.
Ambulant sales facilities, like the self-contained shops worn on the vendor's stomach (Bauchladen), assist in bringing the offered wares as close to the customers as possible, for instance at fairs, in pedestrian malls, and in other areas frequented by the public. In comparison to so-called stalls, such sales facilities excel through their high mobility, since their location can be changed very quickly upon demand. Familiar and also known as ambulant sales facilities are insulated containers that are carried in front of the stomach; they are filled with hot water and fresh hot dogs and the like are sold from them.
But until now there had been no opportunity to sell certain snacks like grilled items, freshly prepared, in such a manner. This is due to the fact that a relatively large selling surface has to be at hand to make possible the sales of sufficient goods for profitability. But until now, this large size was considered unsuitable for the construction of an ambulant sales facility due to the corresponding weight for the carrier.
The invention has, therefore, the objective of overcoming this disadvantage and creating the prerequisites for producing an ambulant sales facility for the preparation and the sales of freshly prepared snacks, like grilled items, and of cold and hot drinks.
The following is a brief description of the different embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES
FIG. 1 shows schematically the perspective rear view of one embodiment of a facility according to the invention for the grilling of Bratwursts and the like;
FIG. 2 represents the schematic side view of an alternate embodiment of the facility adapted to carry a drink dispenser;
FIG. 3a shows the side view of one embodiment of a roller plate to increase the mobility of the sales facility; and
FIG. 3b shows the top view of the roller plate shown in to FIG. 3a.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In one embodiment, the invention includes a carrying surface 2, which is held at stomach height by one or more neck and/or shoulder straps 1. An easily accessible grill 3 is mounted on the surface in front of the vendor. Side bars 4 and 5 are mounted on the right and the left side of the carrying surface and lead horizontally past the vendor to the rear. Between these side bars behind the vendor is a horizontal load equalizing plate 6, which, for gas operations, serves as base for the installation and attachment of the propane gas bottle 7. Furthermore, there are supply containers 8 and 9 mounted on each side, left and right of the vendor, for ungrilled goods as well as for condiments, spicy sauces, mustard, paper plates, napkins, etc. The fastening points of the strap(s) 1 on the grill assembly are selected in such a manner, that the grill and the supply containers 8 and 9 have a favorable location for handling by the vendor. The load equalization plate 6 behind the vendor has a defined distance, so that the whole device, when the vendor carries it around the neck and/or the shoulder, are in balance.
An additional support 10 serves as load abatement; it is fastened at end 10a to the underside of the carrying surface 2 and extends down vertically. It can be suitably extended like a telescope and then fastened, so that it can be adjusted to the various body sizes of the vendors. The lower end 10b of the support 10 can be inserted into the side of the vendor's shoe. The shoe can be properly adapted for that purpose, that is, it can be modified to have a receptacle to hold the lower end of the support. The assembly of the parts proceeds with suitably easy connecting pieces, like wing nuts or quick gripping clamps etc., requiring no tools.
The straps have snap buckles 12, like those known in automobile construction and used for safety belts, are easy to open and to close as well as adjustabl
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Luebke Renee S.
Vidovich Gregory M.
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