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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Enax, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Katsuaki Sakurada, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yasuno, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuya Takeda, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Hachirou Sawada, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Reiji Sugikami, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Sugiyama, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Takeda, Saitama Saitama, JP;
Takahiro Okazaki, Bunkyo Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Yamamoto, Bunkyo Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Kitada, Bunkyo Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
ENAX, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a shopping cart capable of simplifying equipment of a storage area of the shopping cart. A shopping cart allowed to be nested in a front-rear direction, including: a cart body; a battery configured to supply power to an electronic device attached to the cart body for displaying commodity information read by a reading device; a power receiving portion provided on a front side of the cart body and configured to be electrically connectable to an external power supply; and a power transmitting portion provided on a rear surface side of the power receiving portion and configured to supply power to a power receiving portion of another shopping cart nested in the shopping cart. Each of the power receiving portion and the power transmitting portion is provided with a magnet configured for holding a relative position.