AU700939B3 - Shopping list holder - Google Patents

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AUSTRALIA

PATENTS ACT 1919 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION PETTY PATENT SHOPPING

LIST

HOLDER

FOR USE ON AND ADAPTION TO SUPERMARKET

TROLLEYS

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND SPECIFICATION IS A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION, INCLUDING THE METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF THE DEVICE, THE METHOD OF FIXING THE DEVICE TO THE TROLLEY HANDLE, IN EITHER OF ITS FIXED OR REMOVABLE MODES, TOGETHERWITH ITS AREA OF USEFULNESS, AND THE MATERIAL WHICH THE INVENTOR PROPOSES TO USE IN ITS

MANUFACTURE.

1 IT IS NOTED THAT MOST GROCERY SHOPPERS CARRY THEIR LIST OF PURCHASES ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER AND DO NOT CARRY A CONVENIENT MEANS OF DELETING ITEMS AS THEY ARE PURCHASED.

1. THIS INVENTION DESCRIBES A SIMPLE DEVICE, WHICH WHEN FITTED TO THE HANDLE OF A STANDARD SUPERMARKET TROLLEY, IN EITHER THE PERMANENT OR REMOVABLE POSITION, PROVIDES THE SHOPPER WITH A SIMPLE MEANS OF ATFACHING A SHOPPING LIST TO AN ADJUSTABLE AND SEMI RIGID PLATFORM AND ALSO PROVIDES A MEANS OF TEMPORARILY RETAINING THE LIST BY INSERTION OF A SUITABLE MARKER.

THE INVENTOR IS UNAWARE OF ANY SIMILAR DEVICE, DESPITE A DETAILED SEARCH OF AUSTRALIAN AND OVERSEAS PATENTS.

2. CONSTRUCTION.

IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE LIST HOLDER WILL BE MANUFACTURED BY A SIMPLE ONE PIECE INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS ,FROM A SEMI RIGID NYLON OR POLYETHYLENE BASED MATERIAL.

3. METHOD OF FIXING TO TROLLEY.

S" a. THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE MOLDED TUBULAR SECTION OF THE UNIT IS MM., AND IS DESIGNED TO FIT FIRMLY OVER THE HANDLE OF THE TROLLEY AND AT THE SAME TIME, PROVIDE SUFFICIENT MOVEMENT AROUND THE HANDLE TO ALLOW.

FOR ADJUSTMENTS BY THE SHOPPER DURING USE ,AND ALSO ALLOW FOR STACKING PURPOSES BY THE SUPERMARKET OPERATORS.

b. THE TUBULAR SECTION IS FORMED WITH TWO GROOVES, SET APART AT AN ANGLE OF 110 DEGREES, RUNNING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SECTION AND PENETRATING TO A DEPTH OF 1.5 MM.

c. FOR THE PERMANENT FIXING OF THE LIST HOLDER TO THE TROLLEY HANDLE, THE TUBULAR SECTION IS PRESSED, INTACT, OVER THE HANDLE AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE, OF IF REQUIRED, DURING REPAIRS AT A LATER DATE.

d. IF THE SUPERMARKET OPERATORS WISH TO HAVE THE LIST HOLDER ATTACHED TO THE TROLLEY BY THE SHOPPER AT THE TROLLEY STORAGE AREA, THE SECTION BETWEEN THE GROOVES IS REMOVED, ALLOWING A GAP OF 110 DEGREES TO BE EXPOSED, AND THUS PROVIDING A SLOT TO BE SNAPPED OVER THE HANDLE.

4. METHOD OF HOLDING SHOPPING LIST.

a. THE END OF THE TABLE IS FORMED DURING MANUFACTURE TO PROVIDE A GAP OF 3. MM. IN THE OVERALL THICKNESS OF THE UNIT AND 15 MM. IN DEPTH ,TO ALLOW THE PAPER LIST TO BE INSERTED INTO THE RETAINING AREA, THE LEADING EDGE OF WHICH IS CHAMFERED AT AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES b. IN THE LIST RETAINING AREA, TWO HOLES OF 7.MM. DIAMETER AT 70 MM. BETWEEN CENTERS ARE DRILLED TO ACCEPT THE SHARPENED END OF A PENCIL OR BALL POINT PEN. THE UPPERMOST EDGE OF THE HOLES ARE SLIGHTLY CHAMFERED c. THE SHOPPER PLACES TOP END OF THE LIST INTO THE RETAINING AREA SLOT AND PRESSES THE PEN/PENCIL THROUGH THE HOLES, FORCING A SLUG OF PAPER INTO THE BOTOM HOLE.

d. THIS PAPER SLUG IS SUFFICIENT TO RETAIN THE LIST DURING THE PERIOD OF

SHOPPING.

TO ASSIST IN THE DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION OF THIS DEVICE, REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWING, WHICH SHOWS THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT AND DIMENSIONS.

AREA "A" THIS IS THE PLATFORM ON WHICH THE LIST IS PLACED AND SHOWS THE RECESS AT THE END OF THE PLATFORM AND THE HOLES USED TO RETAIN THE SHOPPING LIST..

AREA "B" THIS SHOWS THE TUBULAR SECTION WHICH FITS OVER, OR AROUND, THE TROLLEY HANDLE, ALSO SHOWN ARE THE TWO BREAK OUT SLOTS WHICH ARE USED TO REMOVE A 115 DEGREE SEGMENT OF THE TUBE. THIS BREAK OUT SECTION PROVIDES THE SLOT FOR THE EASY FITTING AND REMOVAL OF THE LIST HOLDER BY THE SHOPPER. IF SUCH AN OPERATION IS REQUIRED..

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