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Shopping cart tilt and tip prevention device

  • US 7,225,903 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2005
  • Issued: 06/05/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An anti-tilt device for impeding tilting or tipping of a hand-driven cart or vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, the device comprising:

  • a rigid bracket for attachment to a selected wheel yoke or axle on an outer side of a wheel, the bracket having an upper portion and a lower portion;

    a brake shoe of resilient material attached to the lower portion of the bracket and projecting downwardly from the bracket, the brake shoe having a lower surface for engaging the ground and providing a braking action if the cart is tilted or tipped, an inner surface and an outer surface; and

    the brake shoe having a braking portion extending inwardly from the inner surface towards a wheel when the bracket is mounted on the wheel, whereby the braking portion will engage the wheel and resist rotation of the wheel when the cart is tilted or tipped such that the lower surface of the brake shoe engages the ground.

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