Motor vehicles – Steered by walking attendant – Who steerably controls steerable wheel
Patent
1995-06-23
1996-11-12
Hurley, Kevin
Motor vehicles
Steered by walking attendant
Who steerably controls steerable wheel
180 11, 180216, B62D 5104
Patent
active
055730787
ABSTRACT:
A steerable, self-powered device for use in towing and guiding a plurality of shopping carts attached together in a line from one location to another is disclosed which has a pair of electrically driven wheels located in the rear thereof, and a single wheel located in the front thereof for use in steering the towing and guiding device. The towing and guiding device is small and low to the ground, and includes a retaining mechanism which may be attached to the line of shopping carts by connection to the bottom front cross-bar of the front-most shopping cart in the line of shopping carts. The towing and guiding device is powered by one or more batteries, and in the preferred embodiment includes a battery charger and a retractable cord to supply power to the battery charger.
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Stringer Calvin D.
Stringer Calvin R.
Hurley Kevin
Posta Jr. John J.
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