Patent ID: 6581616
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A covered cart corral for receiving shopping carts in a parking lot, said cart corral comprising:four spaced apart vertical posts comprising a left front corner post, a right front corner post, a left rear corner post, and a right rear corner post, each of said posts having a substantially equal height and an outside diameter, each of said posts having a lower end configured to contact a support surface and an upper end configured to support a roof; replaceable polymerized sheathing surrounding each of said posts, said sheathing having an inner diameter equal to or greater than the outer diameter of said posts, said sheathing extending substantially the entire height of said posts; a first horizontal rail extending between said left rear and said right rear corner posts and releasably engaged to said posts between said upper and lower ends; a second horizontal rail extending between said right rear and said right front corner posts and releasably engaged to said posts between said upper and said lower ends; a third horizontal rail extending between said left rear and said left front corner posts and releasably engaged to said posts between said upper and said lower ends; each of said horizontal rails having an outer diameter and a length; replaceable polymerized sheathing surrounding each of said horizontal rails, said sheathing having an inner diameter equal to or greater than the outer diameter of said horizontal rails and extending substantially the entire length of said horizontal rails; and a roof extending between said vertical posts so as to cover an area defined between said posts, said roof releasably interconnected with the upper end of each of said posts.