JP3593103B2 - Information display device in shopping basket - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a shopping basket provided for shopping in a supermarket, a convenience store, a rental video shop, and other stores, and in particular, an apparatus which enables a sheet-like information body for displaying various information to be detachably mounted. About.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The shopping basket is provided for the convenience of a customer accommodating a plurality of shopping items, and a cart is rotatably provided on the car body. Normally, the car body has a tapered side wall extending from the bottom wall to the upper opening, and a large number of car bodies can be stacked when not in use such as during storage.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventional shopping baskets are used exclusively for shopping convenience and have no further added value.
[0004]
Therefore, if an information body displaying information such as a sales promotion display is detachably attached to the shopping basket, the added value can be advantageously increased (in this specification, “sales promotion” means Broadly, it means "promotion," and "information" means information that is likely to be of interest to customers, regardless of promotion.) For example, by adding a sheet that displays an advertisement for a new product or a new business store, or a sheet that can be used as a discount coupon for a product, etc., a sales promotion effect is expected, and the shopping basket can be added with more than its original purpose function. Can give value.
[0005]
However, in order to stack a large number of car bodies, the shopping basket has a configuration in which an upper car body is fitted inside a lower car body. That is, since the outer surface of the side wall of the upper car body is fitted toward the inner side surface of the lower car body side wall, the information body is not easily destroyed when the information body is attached. On the other hand, on the other hand, it is necessary to attach an information body over as large a space as possible to appeal information to customers. Further, the information body has many problems, such as a need to exchange the information in accordance with a change in information as appropriate, and therefore, a structure that requires easy attachment and detachment.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is to provide an information display device in a shopping basket that solves the above-mentioned problem, and as a means for the display device, a tapered side wall (5) extending from the bottom wall (4) toward the upper opening. In the car body (2) having an outwardly directed flange (6) on the side wall (5) along the opening edge, the sheet-like sheet housed in a holding sheet (10) made of a transparent sheet-like bag. The information body (8) is attached to the inner surface (5a) of the side wall (5) via the holding device (11) , and the holding device (11) is provided on the upper surface side of the flange (6) . With the clamping means (12a) , the substrate means (15) formed by recessing the flange (6) through the step (18) so as to fall below the upper surface, and along the outer edge of the flange (6). Between a closed position and an open position which overlap with the substrate means (15) via the integrally formed thin hinge (17). It constitutes a closing plate means (16) that can be opened and closed freely, and a projection (19a) projecting upward from the substrate means (15) and a concave portion (19b) formed on the closing plate means (16 ) are mutually connected. The holding sheet (10) is provided so as to be freely detachable, and the holding sheet (10) forms a header part by an edge (14) having a hole (19c) through which the convex part (19a) is inserted, and the hole (19c With the edge (14 ) of the holding sheet (10) positioned with respect to the substrate means (15) via the convex part (19a) and the closing plate means (16) via the thin hinge (17). By closing, the edge (14) is sandwiched and held between the substrate means (15) and the closing plate means (16) , and the closing plate means (16) is flush with the upper surface of the flange (6). lies in comprising brought fitted in the step (18) as.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0008]
1 to 3 show an embodiment of an information display device in a shopping basket according to the present invention.
[0009]
The shopping basket 1 includes a car main body 2 and hands 3 and 3. The car main body 1 has a tapered side wall 5 extending from the bottom wall 4 toward the upper opening, and has an outward flange 6 formed on the side wall 5 along the opening edge, and is integrally formed of synthetic resin. ing. In the illustrated example, the overall shape is substantially rectangular, but the shape does not matter. The handle 3 is formed in a substantially gate shape by a synthetic resin, and has pivots at both ends pivotally attached to a boss 7 formed on the car body 2 so as to be able to move up and down. Therefore, the shopping basket 1 can be carried by raising the shanks 3, 3. When the shanks 3, 3 lie down along the flange 6, the plurality of car bodies 2 are fitted to each other. By doing so, it can be freely laminated.
[0010]
Although the above is a configuration common to the conventionally known shopping basket 1, the present invention enables a sheet-shaped information body 8 displaying information such as a sales promotion display to be attached to a predetermined display surface of the car body 1. That is, the shopping basket 1 has a display surface constituted by the inner surface 4a and the outer surface 4b of the bottom wall 4 and the inner surface 5a and the outer surface 5b of the side wall 5, and thus has a substantially rectangular shape as shown in the figure. In the case of the car body 2, the display surface can be selected from a total of ten surfaces, two surfaces by the inner and outer surfaces of the bottom wall 4 and eight surfaces by the inner and outer surfaces of the four peripheral surfaces of the side wall 5. The sheet-shaped information body 8 is composed of an information sheet 9 and a holding sheet 10 formed of a transparent sheet-like bag for storing the information sheet. The information sheet 9 is typically configured by a sheet that displays an advertisement regarding a new product or a new business store, a sheet that can be used as a discount ticket for a product, or the like, but the form is not particularly limited. In essence, any sheet-like material that gives the shopping basket an added value beyond the original intended function may be used. In the illustrated example, the holding sheet 10 is formed of a sheet-like bag in which transparent synthetic resin sheets are welded to each other to form an opening near the upper end, but is not limited thereto. Instead, it is only necessary that the information sheet 9 be held in the housed state and be visible from the outside.
[0011]
Therefore, a holding device 11 is provided which enables the sheet-shaped information body 8 to be attached to the selected display surface of the car body 2. In the case of the illustrated example, holding devices 11 corresponding to the four peripheral portions are provided so that the sheet-shaped information body 8 can be attached to the display surface selected by the inner surface 5a of each of the four peripheral portions of the side wall 4. I have. That is, the holding devices 11a, 11a are provided corresponding to the short sides facing each other among the four sides around the car body 2, and the holding devices 11b are provided between the hands 3, 3 corresponding to the long sides facing each other. , 11b are provided.
[0012]
(Structure of Holding Device 11a) As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the holding device 11a includes a holding device 12a provided on an upper side surface of a flange 6 forming a part of the side wall 5 of the car body 2, and a bottom wall. 4 and a locking device 13a provided on the inner surface 4a of the inner surface 4a.
[0013]
The holding device 12a includes a board unit 15 that receives the edge 14 of the sheet-shaped information body 8 along a display surface (in the illustrated example, the inner surface 5a) of the side wall 4 including the flange 6 of the car body 2, and and a closure plate means 16 which is detachably secured against is constructed edge 14 of the sheet-shaped information body 8 so as to retain clamping the substrate means 15 by closure plate means 16, the substrate means 15 And the flange 6 of the car body 2 itself. Therefore, the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16 are integrally formed of synthetic resin, and the flange 6 is provided so that the closing plate means 16 can be freely opened and closed with respect to the substrate means 15 between the overlapping position and the developed position. Are connected via a thin hinge 17 provided along the outer edge of the. At this time , the substrate means 15 is recessed through the step 18 so as to be lower than the upper surface of the flange 6, so that the upper surface of the closing plate means 16 is flush with the upper surface of the flange 6 in a state of being superimposed on the substrate means 15. It is configured to be one.
[0014]
At least one of the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16 is provided with a convex portion on at least one side, and the other is provided with a concave portion comprising a hole or a dent which is removably fitted to the convex portion. In the illustrated embodiment, the fitting means by such unevenness includes a pair of protrusions 20a provided on the closing plate means 10 in addition to the protrusion 19a provided on the substrate means 15 and the recessed part 19b provided on the closing plate means 10. 20a and a pair of recesses 20b, 20b provided in the substrate means 15. Note that the relationship between the protrusion 20a and the recess 20b may be configured to be opposite to that shown in the figure. Correspondingly, the holding sheet 10 of the sheet-shaped information body 8 has holes 19c, 20c, 20c formed in the edge portion 14 constituting the header portion to allow the projections 19a, 20a, 20a to pass therethrough.
[0015]
Further, the closing plate means 16 is provided with tongue pieces 21, 21 extending downward from both ends in the longitudinal direction, and when the closing plate means 16 is overlaid on the substrate means 15, the tongue pieces 21, 21 are provided. Are formed so as to face the display surface (the inner surface 5a of the side wall 5), and between the tongue pieces 21, 21 and the display surface, a convex portion 22a and a concave portion 22b which are removably fitted to each other. Is provided. Note that the relationship between the convex portions and the concave portions may be configured to be opposite to that shown in the figure.
[0016]
The locking device 13a provided on the inner surface 4a of the bottom wall 4 of the car main body 2 is constituted by a claw piece 23 formed so as to float from the inner surface 4a and to face the inner surface 4a. The claw pieces 23 are formed integrally with the car body 2.
[0017]
Therefore, when attaching the sheet-shaped information body 8 to the display surface of the car body 2 (that is , the inner surface 5a of the side wall 5) by the holding device 11a, first, as shown in FIG. A sheet-like information body 8 containing a predetermined information sheet 9 is prepared, the closing plate means 16 is separated from the substrate means 15 via a thin hinge 17, and the edge 14 of the holding sheet 10 is placed on the substrate means 15. I do. At this time, the edge portion 14 is positioned by inserting the convex portion 19a into the hole 19c of the edge portion 14. Next, from this state, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the closing plate means 16 is overlapped with the substrate means 15 via the thin hinge 17, the projections 19a and the depressions 19b are fitted to each other, and The portions 20a, 20a and the recesses 20b, 20b are fitted to each other. Therefore, the edge portion 14 of the sheet-shaped information body 8 is sandwiched and held by the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16, and the projections 19a, 20a, 20a are inserted through the holes 19c, 20c, 20c. Then, the tongue pieces 21, 21 of the closing plate means 16 are locked to the display surface (the inner surface 5a of the side wall 5) through the interfitting of the convex portions 22a and the concave portions 22b, thereby fixing the closing plate means 16.
[0018]
In addition to holding and holding the edge portion 14 by the holding device 11a, the lower edge of the sheet-shaped information body 8 is inserted below the claw piece 23 and is locked by the locking device 13a. 8 does not swing or turn inside the car body 2.
[0019]
A plurality of the shopping baskets 1 having the sheet-shaped information body 8 attached thereto in this manner are vertically inserted and stacked at the time of storage or the like. As shown in FIG. The tongue pieces 21, 21 of the closing plate means 16 are raised from the display surface (the inner surface 5a of the side wall 5) with respect to the body 8, corresponding to the thickness t. Therefore, the sheet-shaped information body 8 is suitably protected when the upper-layer shopping basket 1 is inserted while being slid and laminated.
[0020]
When removing the sheet-shaped information body 8 for exchanging the information sheet 9 or the like, the closing plate means 16 may be pulled up strongly. As a result, the fitting between the convex portions 22a and the concave portions 22b of the tongue pieces 21 and 21 is released, and the fitting between the convex portions 20a and 20a and the concave portions 20b and 20b is released, and the closing plate means 16 is separated from the substrate means 15. The sheet-shaped information body 8 can be removed because it can be stopped.
[0021]
(Configuration of Holding Device 11b)
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the holding device 11 b is provided on a holding device 12 b provided on an upper surface of the flange 6 forming a part of the side wall 5 of the car body 2, and on an inner surface 4 a of the bottom wall 4. Locking device 13b. The holding device 12b has the same configuration as the holding device 12a in the above-described holding device 11a, and in the case of the illustrated example, the only difference is that the holding device 12a does not have the tongue pieces 21 and 21 described above, The same configuration as the tongue pieces 21 and 21 may be provided. The locking device 13b has the same configuration as the locking device 13a in the above-described holding device 11a. Therefore, for the details of the holding device 12b and the locking device 13b in the holding device 11b, the description of the above-described holding device 11a is cited.
[0022]
(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, the lower edge portion of the sheet-shaped information body 8 is inserted below the claw piece 23 and is locked by the locking device 13a. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the holder 24 for holding the lower edge of the information body 8 .
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 4, the holder 24 includes substrate means 15 for receiving an edge of the sheet-shaped information body 8, and closing plate means 16 removably fixed to the substrate means 15. The lower edge portion 14b of the sheet-shaped information body 8 is configured to be held between the sheet 15 and the closing plate means 16.
[0024]
At least one of the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16 is provided with a convex portion on at least one side, and the other is provided with a concave portion comprising a hole or a dent which is removably fitted to the convex portion. In the configuration of the figure, the fitting means by such unevenness is constituted by the convex portions 20a, 20a provided on the closing plate means 16 and the concave portions 20b, 20b provided on the substrate means 10. May be configured in a manner opposite to that shown in the figure, and in addition to these irregularities, further irregularities (for example, the convex portion 19a and the concave portion 19b described in the above embodiment) may be provided. . Correspondingly, the holding sheet 10 in the sheet-shaped information body 8 has holes 20c, 20c through which the projections 20a, 20a are inserted in the lower edge 14b constituting the bottom.
[0025]
The substrate means 15 is provided with attaching / detaching means 25, 25 on the back surface. In the case of the illustrated example, the expandable / contractible cylindrical projection 27 divided by a groove 26 as shown in FIG. Are integrally formed to form the attaching / detaching means 25.
[0026]
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4 (A), with respect to one sheet information body 8 which is additionally provided on the display surface, the holder 24 holding clamping the lower portion of the sheet-like information element 8 is arranged and, correspondingly, the boundary vicinity of the side walls 5 and the bottom wall 4 of the car body 2 mounting recess 29 consisting of holes or depressions, and the like. In the illustrated example, the mounting recesses 29, 29 are provided on the side wall 5, but may be provided on the bottom wall 4.
[0027]
The holder 24 has the mounting / removing means 25, 25 fitted in the mounting recesses 29, 29 of the side wall 5 with the thin hinge 17 arranged downward and the substrate means 15 arranged substantially vertically. At this time, the side wall 5 may be recessed from the inside to the outside so as to receive the substrate means 15.
[0028]
Retainer 24, the closure plate means 16 via the thin walled hinge 17 brought away from the substrate section 15, in this state, the closure plate means to the substrate means 15 of the holder 24 the lower edge 14b of the sheet-shaped information body 8 Position between 16. Then this state to, when superimposing the closure plate means 16 through the thin wall hinges 17 to the substrate means 15, the convex portions 20a, 20a and recesses 20b, 20b are fitted to each other, thereby, a sheet-like information material The lower edge portion 8 of the holding member 8 is sandwiched and held by the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16 of the holder 24 , and the projections 20a, 20a are inserted through the holes 20c, 20c.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, since the sheet-shaped information body 8 can be attached to the display surface of the car main body 2 in the shopping basket 1, the sales promotion effect and the like can be improved, and new added value can be given to the shopping basket 1. There is an advantage that you can.
[0030]
In particular, according to the present invention , since the edge 14 of the sheet-shaped information body 8 is sandwiched and held by the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16, the sheet-shaped information body 8 is stably held along the width direction. Further, there is an effect that the sheet-shaped information body 8 can be easily attached or detached simply by attaching and detaching the closing plate means 16 to and from the substrate means 15.
[0031]
Further, according to the present invention , one of the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16 is provided with the convex portions 20a, 20a (19a) and the other is provided with the concave portions 20b, 20b (19b). The protrusions 20a, 20a (19a) are inserted through the holes 20c, 20c (19c) formed in the edge 14 of the base member 15. Therefore, the board means 15 and the closing plate means 16 are formed by fitting the protrusions and recesses. There is an advantage that the two functions of the fitting and fixing means and the means for preventing the sheet-shaped information body 8 from falling off can be simultaneously performed.
[0032]
Further, according to the present invention , since the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means 16 are integrally connected to each other by a thin hinge 17 and are integrally formed of a synthetic resin, the handling is simple, and the mounting of the sheet-like information body 8 is easy. Alternatively, there is an effect that removal can be easily performed.
[0033]
In particular, according to the present invention, (1) the substrate means 15 is formed by recessing the upper surface of the flange 6 via the step 18, and the closing plate means 16 is opened and closed with respect to the substrate means 15 via the thin hinge 17. (2) the convex portion 19a of the substrate means 15 and the closing plate means, which are formed integrally and freely so as to be flush with the upper surface of the flange 6 when the closing plate means 16 is closed. The recesses 19b (holes or depressions) of 16 constitute fitting means which can be freely detached, and the holes 19c of the sheet-shaped information body 10 are locked to the projections 19a with the closing plate means 16 opened. Is characterized in that the positioning (temporary fixation) is made possible by this, and this has the effect that an excellent information display device in a shopping basket can be provided .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a shopping basket according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the embodiment , in which (A) is a partial perspective view and (B) is an enlarged perspective view of a main part.
3A and 3B are cross-sectional views of the embodiment , in which FIG. 3A is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state before a sheet-shaped information body is attached, and FIG. 3B is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which a sheet-shaped information body is attached. is there.
4A and 4B show examples of a holder for holding a lower edge portion of a sheet-shaped information body, wherein FIG. 4A is an enlarged perspective view of a main part, and FIG. 4B is a perspective view showing a rear part of the holder. [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shopping basket 2 Basket main body 4 Bottom wall 5 Side wall 6 Flange 8 Sheet-shaped information body 9 Information sheet 10 Holding sheet 11 Holding device 12 Holding device 13 Locking device 14 Edge 15 Board means 16 Closing plate means 17 Thin hinges 19a, 20a Protrusions 19b, 20b Recesses 19c, 20c Hole 21 Tongue piece 23 Claw piece 24 Holder 25 Detachment means 29 Mounting recess

Claims (1)

In the car body (2) having a tapered side wall (5) extending from the bottom wall (4) toward the upper opening, and forming an outward flange (6) on the side wall (5) along the opening edge. A sheet-like information body (8) stored in a holding sheet (10) made of a transparent sheet-like bag is attached to the inner surface (5a) of the side wall (5) via the holding device (11). Yes,
The holding device (11) is formed by using a holding device (12a) provided on the upper surface side of the flange (6) to cause the flange (6) to be recessed through a step (18) so as to fall below the upper surface. Between a closed position and an open position where the substrate means (15) overlaps with the substrate means (15) via a thin hinge (17) integrally formed along the outer edge of the flange (6). Constitute a closing plate means (16) which can be opened and closed freely, and a projection (19a) projecting upward from the substrate means (15) and a concave portion (19b) formed in the closing plate means (16) are mutually formed. It is provided so that it can be freely
The holding sheet (10) comprises a header portion by an edge (14) having a hole (19c) through which the convex portion (19a) is inserted,
With the edge (14) of the holding sheet (10) positioned with respect to the substrate means (15) via the hole (19c) and the projection (19a), the closing plate means (16) is connected to the thin hinge (17). ), The edge (14) is sandwiched and held between the substrate means (15) and the closing plate means (16), and the closing plate means (16) is in contact with the upper surface of the flange (6). An information display device in a shopping basket characterized by being fitted into a step (18) so as to be flush.

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