Rehrig International, Inc.

Christopher M Johnson

Ralph C McCann

Alan R Kern

Scottlan R Henry

Terrill M Porter

Joseph T Woods

William T Grant

Lawrence J Doheny

Robert G Butterfield

George Inashvili

Norm DeCost

Bulk item cart

A multiple child seat nestable shopping cart is provided with a wheeled chassis and a seating module. The seating module includes front and rear wheels and at least two seats facing inwardly towards each other and positioned behind a rear portion of the shopping cart basket. The seats are positioned, dimensioned and configured so as to receive a front nesting portion of another cart basket over the at least two seats when unoccupied.

Multiple child seat nestable shopping cart

Cart

A dual child seat nestable shopping cart including a front overhanging basket, at least two inwardly-facing child seats positioned behind the basket on opposite sides of the cart, each seat having an upright backrest arranged along the opposite sides of the cart, wherein the seats and backrests are positioned such that a front overhanging portion of a basket of a similar cart may be nested over the seat and between the backrests for enabling nesting of similar carts when the seats are unoccupied. The child seats may constitute a portion of a single shopping cart assembly or may be constructed as a module for retrofitting a conventional standard nestable shopping cart.

Ergonomic handgrip for a shopping cart

A molded plastic basket for a shopping cart includes side and front walls formed of a molded gridwork of ribs extending at an angle relative to the upright direction of the basket when it is assembled to a shopping cart chassis. The front and side walls intersect each other along convex arcuate curved corner sections with the gridwork ribs continuously flowing around the corner sections up to a mold parting line provided midway around the curved sections. The ribs of the side walls extend parallel to each other to permit molding of the side walls by a transversely moveable mold section that moves towards and away from the side wall area during molding and the ribs of the front wall likewise all extend parallel to each other in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the side wall ribs to enable molding of the ribs of the front wall by another moveable section of a mold that moves in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of motion of the mold section forming the side walls. The gridwork ribs come together along the mold part lines to provide an attractive appearance.

Molded plastic basket and rear panel for shopping cart

A molded bearing assembly for a molded wheel includes a synthetic resin outer bearing race element embedded in the hub of the molded wheel and having a cylindrical inner sliding, journal type bearing surface. An inner bearing assembly includes two molded synthetic resin bearing halves having continuous cylindrical outer bearing surfaces disposed within the outer bearing race in sliding engagement with the inner bearing surface of the outer race. The bearing halves of the inner bearing assembly abut each other at their inner ends and may include interlocking structural features at their inner ends that enable securing of the bearing halves together at their inner ends while presenting a continuous outer cylindrical bearing sliding surface that cooperates with the adjacent surface of the outer race. A wheel axle extends through the inner bearing assembly and supports the wheel and bearing assembly for rotation relative to a wheel support. The molded wheel and bearing assembly is adapted for use with a shopping cart.

Molded wheel and bearing assembly

Combined molded plastic shopping cart basket and rear panel

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Richmond, VA, United States of America

Christopher M Johnson