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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L Broddon, Wildwood, MO (US);
Lawrence Glass, St. Louis, MO (US);
Herman Avren, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280 4734 ; 280 33992 ;
Abstract
A wheeled caddy for transporting a row of nested shopping carts. The caddy includes a cage for receiving the front end of the first shopping cart in the row. A tether extends from the caddy and adapted to be attached to the last cart in the row. The caddy has a normally engaged brake, and a handle operatively engaged to the brake and normally biased to a neutral position in which the brake is engaged, but which, when pulled to move the caddy, disengages the brake.