Shopping trolleys
CA 2490322 A1 · Owner: Naude, Francois Paulus, Jr. · Inventors: Lechat, Eve Marie Luce Jacqueline; Naude, Francois Paulus, Jr.
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The invention relates to a shopping trolley (60) which includes a holder (62) for holding articles of shopping, and a wheeled undercarriage (14) connected to the holder (62). The undercarriage (14) is operable between an erected condition, in which the undercarriage (14) supports the holder (62) at a working height above the ground on wheels (70) and a collapsed compact , condition, for loading of the trolley (60) into a boot of a passenger sedan so that the holder (62) provides a boot organizer. In one embodiment of the invention, the undercarriage (14) comprises a pair of telescopically extendable curved legs (68) which have wheels (70) mounted thereon. The invention also extends …
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- Filed June 27, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 27, 2023.
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