Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached to special purpose vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-03
2001-02-13
Luebke, Renee (Department: 2833)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached to special purpose vehicle
C224S926000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186382
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a cupholder that is mountable in a conventional shopping cart and positioned for holding not only a cup but also accessories such as coupons, pencils, pads or the like. The cupholder is mounted onto a wall of the cart, either permanently or as a slip-on holder using a hanger type support. The holder can be slid to positions least likely to interfere with items that are placed into the cart.
Conventionally, shopping carts are made in several styles and have a wheeled frame, with either a wire or a plastic basket mounted on the frame. The basket is used for holding products that are to be purchased while in a supermarket or store. The baskets are generally made so that the carts will nest together. Some baskets fold upwardly, while other baskets have folding rear walls which move upwardly when the carts are nested. Carts also have folding child seats adjacent the handle.
Various wire racks have been used with shopping carts as auxiliary supports, and there have been wire cupholders that will mount onto handle portions of a shopping cart.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a cup or drink container holder (called a cupholder) that is mountable on a shopping cart for convenience of a user. It preferably includes not only a receptacle for receiving a drink cup or container, but also receptacles for coupons, wallets, pencils and pens, etc. The cupholder is easily mounted onto the sidewall or end wall of a shopping cart. The cupholder can be fixed in place or can be removably mounted with a hanger type bracket. The hanger bracket also can be fixed in place, if desired.
As shown in one form of the invention, the cupholder may be mounted for slidable movement on a longitudinally extending track between a plurality of positions along the track. The track in turn is attached to the shopping cart itself.
The cupholder is a molded unit, preferably, which has flanges or a hanger used for mounting directly to the cart or for sliding in a track. The selection of how to mount it can be made by the user.
The cupholder can mount in a suitable location, such as a side wall or an end wall of the cart. When the carts are formed so that the entire basket folds up, the cupholder is preferably mounted on the sidewall of the cart. In most carts there are spaces that are not occupied when the carts are nested, and that area is used for mounting the cupholder.
The cupholders shown are easily formed, and finds wide utility in shopping cart applications to free the hands of a user, and to temporarily store things such as store coupons and pens and pencils, as well as shopping lists.
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Bergin Peter W.A.
Clark Bruce D.
Luebke Renee
Media Technology Source, Inc.
Westman Champlin & Kelly P.A.
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