Shopping organizer device

• US 4,966,318 A
• Filed: 03/10/1989
• Issued: 10/30/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charlotte Dutka
• Original Assignee: Charlotte Dutka
• Inventors: Dutka, Charlotte
• Primary Examiner(s): CUSICK, ERNEST
• Application Number:
  US07/321,586
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 224/901, 224/273, 224/275, 224/277, 224/42.01, 224/42.41, 224/42.42, 224/42.46 R, 206/425, 206/232, 206/831, 206/459, 220/323, 220/334, 220/324, 383/86, 383/161, 280/DIG. 4
• US Class Current: 224/411
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 3/00 Flexible luggage; Handbags collapsible or extensible luggage, bags or the like A45C7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/1428 Adaptations for calculators, memory aids or reading aids
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/831 Detachable coupon
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 280/04 Grocery store cart

Abstract

A shopping organizer device is set forth providing a receptacle formed with a rigid forward and rear wall, and communicating spaced parallel pleated accordion side walls with an associated pleasted bottom wall including a series of dividers container therewithin wherein each divider includes an upwardly extending tab of a first dimension to receive category labels thereon. A plurality of spaced abutment portions are positioned at each end of the upper portion of the forward wall and are of a height equal to the first dimension and are received within spaced ears secured to an interior surface of a pivoted lid to rigidly and securely orient a lid relative to the forward wall and provide a portable and secure organization when not in use.

Claims

1. A shopping organizer device for use in combination with a shopping cart having an elongate handle, a top basket positioned adjacent said handle and to an upper rear end of said cart, said device comprising,

a receptacle including a rigid forward wall, a rigid rear wall including an exterior surface, and intercommunicating flexible side walls and a floor,

the forward wall including an exterior face and a free upper edge, and

a rigid lid defined by exterior surface overlying an interior surface and including a rear edge spaced from a forward edge, the lid pivotally mounted to said rear wall at the rear edge of said lid including a flap pivotally mounted to the forward edge of said lid, said flap including an interior surface, and

a plurality of divider members positioned in said receptacle wherein each divider member of said plurality of divider members include an upwardly extending tab, each tab including a forward face, and

a latch member secured to the interior surface of said flap cooperative with a further latch member positioned on an exterior face of said forward wall, and

positioning means formed on said forward wall cooperating with further positioning means formed on an interior surface of said lid adjacent said flap for alignment of said lid relative to said forward wall, and

securement means mounted on an exterior surface of the rear wall for selective securement to the shopping cart, and

wherein each of said plurality of divider members is of a height substantially equal to that of the side walls, and the upwardly extending tab is of a first height, and

wherein said positioning means include a plurality of spaced abutment members, each abutment member of a predetermined thickness and integrally formed and coplanar with said forward wall extending upwardly from the upper edge of the forward wall wherein the abutment member is of a height equal to the first height, and

wherein the lid includes a plurality of spaced further latch members fixedly secured to the interior surface of the lid adjacent the flap, and

wherein each of the further latch members includes a pair of spaced ears, each ear pair of the spaced ears defines a first and second ear spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the predetermined thickness of an abutment member, and each ear of said pair of spaced ears is of a length substantially equal to the first height, and the ear is arranged on the interior surface of the lid for receiving the abutment member therewithin each respective pair of spaced ears when the lid is in a downward first position.

2. A shopping organizer device as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of the tabs includes a stack of peel-away stickers positioned on a forward face of each tab.

3. A shopping organizer device as set forth in claim 2 wherein a plurality of spaced elastic bands are secured adjacent the rear edge of the lid, and a notebook is resiliently mounted within said plurality of spaced elastic bands.

4. A shopping organizer device as set forth in claim 3 further including a sheath secured to the interior surface of said lid underlying the bands and including a writing instrument selectively receivable within said sheath.

5. A shopping organizer device as set forth in claim 4 wherein the securement means comprises a first and second attachment band each secured to an exterior surface of the rear wall parallel to one another, wherein each attachment band includes a first hook and loop fastener surface formed adjacent a terminal end of each band selectively cooperative with a second hook and loop fastener surface underlying each band on the rear wall.

6. A shopping organizer device as set forth in claim 5 wherein the lid is pivotal to a second position wherein the flap is spaced from the forward wall and wherein the forward wall is extensible and retractable relative to the rear wall when the lid is in a second position, and the forward wall is rigidly oriented relative to the rear wall when the lid is in the first position.