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CART COUPLER ASSEMBLY FOR CART COLLECTION MACHINES

  • US 20070181352A1
  • Filed: 04/04/2007
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A shopping cart retriever adapted to move a string of shopping carts along a travel surface, wherein a shopping cart of the string of shopping carts includes wheels that rollably support the cart on the travel surface, a basket for receiving therein shopping items, and frame members that generally vertically extend between the wheels and the basket to support the basket above the wheels, wherein the basket includes a bottom, sides extending generally vertically upward from the bottom, and an open top defined by the sides, the retriever comprising:

  • a body;

    a drive wheel operably coupled to the body and powered to drive the retriever along the travel surface; and

    a cart emulator extending generally horizontally from the body at a height above the travel surface such that when cart emulator properly engages the shopping cart, the cart emulator is received below the bottom of the basket.

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