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Theft-inhibiting shopping basket

a basket and basket technology, applied in the field of baskets for shopping, can solve the problems of theft of baskets not mounted on carts, store loss of more than 100 baskets per year, etc., and achieve the effect of preventing the basket from being removed from the stor

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-12-29
HANDGO
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The invention is a shopping basket with a safety device that prevents the basket from being left behind in a store. The security device is hidden and effective in preventing the basket from being taken out of the store. The main purpose of this invention is to let store management know when a basket is being removed. Additionally, the security device allows the basket to easily fit into other baskets for storage or stand-by.

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Shopping baskets not mounted on carts are also stolen, usually by shoppers.
It has been reported that some stores have lost more than 100 baskets per year.

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[0026]Referring now to the drawings, the invented shopping basket 10 is a modular plastic receptacle for receiving and holding items, such as food and other items that are intended to be purchased by a shopper as the shopper shops within a supermarket or other store. The shopping basket has an inclined front wall 12, opposed inclined side or end walls 14, 16, an inclined rear wall 18, and a bottom or base 20. The walls are inclined outwardly from the base, to which they are connected, to allow the basket to nest with a like basket. An upper edge 22 extends along the tops of the side walls 14,16, rear wall 18, and the front wall 12; the upper edge tapers downwardly from the center 24 of the side wall to the front wall, terminating in a flat portion 26 of the upper edge, the flat portion being situated along the top of the front wall, to allow a handle 28 (see FIG. 10) to lay along the upper edge of the front wall and a portion of the upper edge of the side wall. Handle 28 is shown in...

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Abstract

An improved theft-inhibiting modular plastic shopping basket, having a base and side walls, the base being provided with a downwardly open integrally formed recess, and a security device within the recess. A preferred security device is an electronic article surveillance label, which can be adhesively affixed to a component within the recess.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to basket apparatus for shopping, or a shopping basket, having integral theft inhibiting means.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In existing shopping baskets, once a shopper goes to the check out, the purchases are removed from the basket and placed in bags, and shopper carries the bags out of the store, usually to an automobile or abode. The basket is returned to a stack of baskets near the store entrance, for pickup and use by another shopper. Baskets are not secured, so a shopper leaving the store can readily pick up a basked and utilize it to carry packages. Once outside of the store a shopping basket is rarely returned.[0003]Shopping carts with baskets thereon have been removed from stores for such uses as a portable suitcase for transients, a go-cart for children, a laundry hamper for apartment dwellers and a barbecue pit for beachgoers. The Supermarket Institute in Washington estimates that a shopping cart is stolen eve...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D1/38B65D25/02
CPCB65D25/02B65D1/38A45C3/04A45C5/045A45C13/24G08B13/14G08B13/00
Inventor ALVES, MANUEL JOAQUIM DUARTEALVES PEREIRA, MARIA TERESA LOPES
Owner HANDGO
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