Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including part locked by detent and released by check – And means to impart thrust to check to unlock part
Patent
1991-04-29
1992-07-21
Spar, Robert J.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including part locked by detent and released by check
And means to impart thrust to check to unlock part
194905, G07F 502
Patent
active
051315173
ABSTRACT:
Coin-controlled apparatus for locking shopping carts together in nested series at a cart parking station having coin-controlled mechanism mounted on a cart, e.g. on the handle of the cart, which is adapted for receiving and releasably locking therein a latch bar on a tether which is attached to the next cart in the nested series, requiring deposit of a coin to release the latch bar to free the cart for being wheeled away by the user, and holding the coin until the user brings the cart back to a cart parking station, nests it in the end cart at the parking station, and inserts the latch bar which is tethered to said end cart in the mechanism to lock the returned cart to the series and to provide for return of the user's coin.
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DiPaolo Anthony M.
Hood John T.
Dinicola Brian K.
Spar Robert J.
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