Cannon Equipment Company

The Cornelius Company

Ronald L Rosa

Harold L Nootenboom

Gerald D Pedersen

A new and improved transfer cart, specifically for the transfer, delivery and retail display of bottled milk or other packaged goods, has a new base and a new bottle retainer guide. The base is formed of a single elongate strip rolled in to a recurved outwardly convex section and folded and welded into a continuous band with inward facing top and bottom flanges and an outward extending bumper; corner posts are welded into the base band, and base beams are formed into the same cross-section of the base band and have swagged ends fitted into and affixed into the base band. The gate guides hold a liftable gate on the rear of the cart, the guides extend contiguously from the second to the top shelf gusset reinforcing the cart, and shelf tabs extend from each guide over the back of each shelf, and each shelf is welded to a pair of respective tabs to strengthen the cart and enable usage of less steel. A new method of making a cart, and a cart base has the steps of blanking and piercing a flat strip for a base, rolling the base into a recurved convex section, bending the formed section into a closed band, and fabricating the cart using the closed band to save material and time while making a stronger, lighter-weight sanitary cart.

Transfer cart with improved base and gate guides

A mobile cart has fixed tray supports for a plurality of discrete and removable trays, the cart has a frame with a base and caster wheels and side frames with corner posts, and a top member structurally connecting the side frames; the trays each have a roll-section formed frame with a perimeter piece, an upper inward turned inverted U-shaped top flange, a lower inward turned floor pad, and a downward facing inverted U-shaped support nest on the bottom of each side of the frame; a tray floor in the frame has a support surface on the floor pads and upturned flanges of less than ninety degrees underneath the top flanges; each side frame has a rear stop peg and front stop peg extending in from respective corner posts, a tray support rail in between the stops, and a hold down peg above and spaced from the rear stop pegs; the tray fits upon the support with the nests upon the rails and the hold down pegs keep the trays in place during transit, the cart and trays are ideally suited for the transport and retailing of flowers, plants and other loose and delicate goods.

Mobile cart for discrete shelves, and shelf therefor

A nestable merchandise cart including a rear frame and hinged side frames which pivot outwardly until limit stops are engaged, and a movable shelf which, when in place to support a load, locks the side frames into positions generally perpendicular to the rear frame. The shelf can be raised and stored, which releases the side frames to pivot outwardly and form a tapered nest into which a like cart will fit nestingly. The side frames may be biased outwardly by springs and pivot outwardly automatically when the shelf is raised, and may also pivot inwardly against the rear frame to a collapsed position suitable for high density packing and shipment of the cart.

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Eagan, MN, United States of America

Ronald L Rosa