Shopping trolley with display or advertising surface

• US 9,174,660 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2006
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
• Original Assignee: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
• Inventors: Sonnendorfer, Horst, Wieth, Franz
• Primary Examiner(s): Bekerman, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/096,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20080313938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,255 Days
• Field of Search: 705/14.64, 705/14.4
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/1408 Display devices mounted on it, e.g. advertisement displays
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/1416 mounted on the handle
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/1424 Electronic display devices
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/1428 Adaptations for calculators, memory aids or reading aids
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0253 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions

Abstract

The purchasing aid is temporarily connected to a housing for the advertising surface which is permanently present, said housing being arranged fixedly on the shopping trolley, wherein the fastening for the purchasing aid is arranged outside the advertising surface, and the advertising surface which is permanently present can optionally also be used as a display for the purchasing aid.

Claims

1. An improved shopping cart having a handle, wherein the improvement comprises:

an advertising area unit permanently disposed on said handle, said advertising area unit having a display area;

a mounting facility for mounting an electronic shopping assistant thereon, said mounting facility disposed on said advertising area unit, said mounting facility located outside of said display area of said advertising unit;

said advertising area unit including an energy storage device being charged by said electronic shopping assistant when said electronic shopping assistant is mounted on said mounting facility.

2. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein:

the display area is permanently borne by the shopping cart and is an electronic display,

power and/or data can be interchanged between the shopping assistant and the display area, and

the electronic display displays information which has been transmitted from the shopping assistant to the electronic display.

3. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the mounting facility is in the form of a plug connection.

4. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the mounting facility is in the form of a groove connection.

5. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein data that has been transmitted from the shopping assistant to the electronic display continue to be displayed on the display even when the shopping assistant is no longer mounted on the shopping cart.

6. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the advertising area unit comprises a scanner.

7. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the advertising area unit comprises a loudspeaker.

8. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein the advertising area unit is adapted to connect to headphones by wire or wirelessly.

9. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein said advertising area unit is an electronic advertising unit.

10. The shopping cart according to claim 1, wherein said shopping assistant is mounted on said mounting facility.