Patent Application
20130257123
The invention relates to a nestable trolley.
Nestable trolleys are known from the prior art. They have a basket for holding goods. The rear side of the basket is formed by a flap which is pivotable into the interior of the basket. The flap has a supporting wall provided with leg openings for accommodating a child, and furthermore a rear wall and a seating plate are provided.
A flap of this type is described for example in EP 1 562 816 B1. This represents a preferred embodiment of a flap.
The seating plate has what are called supporting fingers for securing to the rear wall, and the rear wall is provided with widened sections, so that the seating plate can be mounted on the rear wall in an improved manner.
Furthermore, a cover is known from the prior art, e.g., from EP 0 570 737 B1, which is arranged rotatably on the supporting wall and is constructed such that it can hide the leg openings of the supporting wall.
Now, it happens that flat goods are placed between the cover and the seating plate, but that the assistant at the checkout does not notice. This results in inventory discrepancies.
The object of the present invention is now to devise a nestable trolley in which the cover is altered accordingly, so that these inventory discrepancies can be overcome.
The invention achieves this object with the features in the main claim. Further advantageous embodiments are described in the dependent claims.
Goods between the cover and the seating plate can always be recognised through the transparent cover. Even with the variant in which the cover has openings, it is obvious to the checkout assistant if goods are located between the two components. This is possible if the flap is opened, i.e., it can be used as a child seat, but also when the flap is closed.
The checkout assistant saves on the laborious manual opening of the flap due to the improved cover.
The invention will be explained in greater detail with reference to an example of embodiment.
The invention relates to a nestable trolley with a basket for holding goods. The rear side of the trolley forms a flap 1 which is pivotable into the interior of the basket.
The flap 1 has a supporting wall 2 and a rear wall 3. For accommodating a child, the supporting wall 2 is provided with leg openings 6 and a seating plate 4. A cover 5 of changeable position is attached which can hide the leg openings 6, so that an additional goods deposition area can be formed if the flap is not being used as a child seat.
The seating plate 4 and the cover 5 are mounted rotatably on the supporting wall 2. The seating plate 4 is furthermore also mounted on the rear wall 3. For simple mounting, it has proved useful to use a flap 1 as has already been described in EP 1 562 816 B1. A flap of this type has what is referred to as a widened section on the rear wall 3 for simple attachment of the seating plate 4. This widened section simplifies the introduction of the seating plate 4, which is equipped with supporting fingers. Furthermore, the upper side of the seating plate 4, if a plurality of trolleys are nested in one another, is directed towards the ground. Soiling of the upper side of the seating plate 4, e.g., due to weather, if the trolleys are positioned in the open, can thereby be very largely avoided.
The cover 5 lies on the seating plate 4, so that the flap 1 can be used as a seat for a small child.
In order to prevent goods, such as flat objects, being placed between the seating plate 4 and the cover 5 and not being recognised by the checkout assistant at the checkout, the cover 5 is preferably formed from transparent material. In addition, the cover 5 formed from this transparent material may have openings 5.1.
Also, the cover 5 can be formed from the material of the seating plate 4, and hence from a non-transparent material. Then the cover 5 would have to be provided with openings 5.1.
Preferably the seating plate 4 and cover 5 are formed from a plastics material.
It has also proved useful for the seating plate 4 likewise to have openings 4.1. Thus the checkout assistant can check simply whether goods are located between the seating plate 4 and the cover 5, even if the flap 1 is closed.
The openings 4.1, 5.1 are preferably rectangular in form: a size of 12 to 20 mm has proved useful. This size furthermore rules out injury to the fingers of small children sitting on the child seat.
Square or round openings or alternatively slots would also be conceivable as openings 4.1, 5.1.
As can be seen from
An arrangement of the openings 4.1, 5.1 in two rows, with one row providing four, and a further row six, openings 4.1, 5.1, has proved advantageous. However, both a different number and a different arrangement are also conceivable.
1 flap
2 supporting wall
3 rear wall
4 seating plate
4.1 seating plate opening
5 cover
5.1 cover opening
6 leg openings
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE102012102568.1 | Mar 2012 | DE | national |
