Claims
- 1. A stackable shopping cart comprising:
a rolling frame having a back end, a basket having a back end, a pushing device, a wall that can be swiveled into the inside of the basket, through which wall, a back of the basket can be closed, the rolling frame includes two upwardly directed carriers positioned on the back end of the rolling frame, the basket is provided at its back with supports that form a connection with the carriers, the supports are formed by hollow receptacles and the carriers extend upwardly beyond the receptacles so that sections of the carriers extend above the receptacles, and the pushing device is attached to sections of the carriers above the receptacles.
- 2. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the basket can be pushed from the top onto the carriers.
- 3. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the receptacles are arranged on the back of the basket and on longitudinal walls of the basket.
- 4. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the pushing device has two holding elements that are connected with the sections of the carriers in a stationary yet releasable manner.
- 5. The shopping cart as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fastener on an underside of the basket with which fastener the basket additionally is supported on the rolling frame and connected to the rolling frame.
- 6. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein two receptacles are provided for each of the carriers.
- 7. The shopping cart according to claim 4, wherein each of the holding elements includes a pocket, and each of the sections of the carriers is inserted in a respective one of the pockets.
- 8. The shopping cart according to claim 4, wherein each of the holding elements includes a bearing part and the wall is positioned in a swivelable manner in the bearing parts.
- 9. The shopping cart according to claim 4, wherein the wall is inserted so as to snap tightly into the holding elements.
- 10. The shopping cart according to claim 1, further comprising securing elements for the attachment of the pushing device to the sections and the securing elements also secure and attach the wall.
- 11. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the supports form a push-on connection with the carriers.
- 12. A stackable shopping cart comprising:
a rolling frame having a back end, a basket having a back end, a pushing device, a wall that can be swiveled into the inside of the basket, through which wall, a back of the basket can be closed, the rolling frame includes two upwardly directed means for carrying the basket extending from the back end of the rolling frame, the basket is provided at its back with means for attaching to the carrying means, the carrying means extend upwardly through the attaching means and beyond the attaching means so that sections of the carrying means extend above the attaching means, and the pushing device is attached to the sections of the carrying means above the attaching means.
- 13. A method of assembling a stackable shopping cart, the method comprising:
providing a rolling frame having a back end which includes at least two upwardly directed carriers positioned on the back end of the rolling frame, connecting a basket having hollow receptacles at a back end of the basket to the rolling frame by pushing the hollow receptacles onto the upwardly directed carriers so that the carriers extend upwardly through the receptacles until sections of the carriers extend above the receptacles, and connecting a pushing device to the sections of the carriers that extend above the receptacles.
- 14. The method of claim 13, further comprising attaching a wall that can be swivelled into the inside of the basket to a top of the basket.
- 15. The method of claim 13, further comprising attaching a wall that can be swivelled into the inside of the basket to the sections of the carriers that extend above the receptacles.
Priority Claims (2)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
100 34 331.7 |
Jul 2000 |
DE |
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101 02 118.6 |
Jan 2001 |
DE |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the priority of PCT/DE01/02607, which published in German as WO 02/06107, on Jan. 24, 2002. The present application also claims priority of German Patent Application Nos. 100 34 331.7 and 101 02 118.6, filed in Germany on Jul. 14, 2000 and Jan. 18, 2001, respectively. The entire contents of all three applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference.