Unarco Industries, Inc.

Folding Carrier Corporation, a Division of Unarco Industries, Inc.

Folding Carrier Corporation

Don A Stover

Harry B Musser

Gene Von Stein

Norman R Young

Glenmore J Runnion

A basket, with no movable parts, for holding and displaying goods is provided with opposed bails at the upper end and support feet at the lower end, constructed and arranged to provide secure but separable stacking character by a separable interconnection of bails and feet of two similar baskets, wherein the basket construction effects resilient snap-together and locking of bails and feet to provide a stacking, or columnar, arrangement with great stability. Additional safety means to prevent inadvertent unstacking is provided by cooperating elements on the baskets. Two baskets may be nested, for reducing volume occupied by baskets when stored or shipped, by use of interfitting such baskets in an inverted and offset arrangement that is accommodated by slots defined adjacent basket corners. A base basket and support base combination provides a very stable construction, that may have additional baskets stacked in a column upon the base basket, by use of wire elements that are shaped and arranged to interfit for maximizing resistance by the base basket to tipping relative to its support base.

Baskets and support therefor, for mass merchandising handling and

A shopping cart having a novel locking arrangement for the gate of the upper basket and featuring a baby basket that seats a child below the level of the upper basket for enhanced stability of the cart and economy of storage in the upper basket, as well as to position and face the child towards the mother who is pushing the cart so that the child cannot reach or kick the gate or the groceries in the upper basket. The novel locking arrangement for the gate includes a latch plate having an end restraining shield that provides an abutment stop for limiting the forward movement of the gate unless the gate is manually lifted and opened. The gate has ears which prevent the gate from falling into the interior of the basket, and has at least one pin that engages the end restraining shield. Auxiliary side walls are mounted above the sides of the baby basket to prevent the child from reaching items on the shelves of the store and to protect the child from the corners of shelves and from being accidentally struck by other carts. The rear wall of the upper basket is positioned above the back support of the baby basket to assist in supporting the back of the child. The shopping cart also features side handles extending above the auxiliary side walls for improved maneuverability and for eliminating the conventional crossbar-type handle to remove the possibility of the child bumping his forehead on such a handle.

Shopping cart

A basket, with no movable parts, for holding and displaying goods is provd with opposed bails at the upper end and support feet at the lower end, constructed and arranged to provide secure but separable stacking character by a separable interconnection of bails and feet of two similar baskets, wherein the basket construction effects resilient snap-together and locking of bails and feet to provide a stacking, or columnar, arrangement with great stability. Additional safety means to prevent inadvertent unstacking is provided by cooperating elements on the baskets. Two baskets may be nested, for reducing volume occupied by baskets when stored or shipped, by use of interfitting such baskets in an inverted and offset arrangement that is accommodated by slots defined adjacent basket corners. A base basket and support base combination provides a very stable construction, that may have additional baskets stacked in a column upon the base basket, by use of wire elements that are shaped and arranged to interfit for maximizing resistance by the base basket to tipping relative to its support base.

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Moore, OK, United States of America

Don A Stover