Patent ID: 6298997
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A cart storage station comprising:(a) an end vertical frame;(b) a first elongate side wall frame connected to said end vertical frame and extending along an axis perpendicular to said end vertical frame;(c) a second elongate side wall frame connected to said end vertical frame and extending parallel to and spaced apart from said first elongate side wall frame,said first and second elongate side wall frames defining a cart storage area between them;(d) at least one non-metallic bumper panel mounted on one of said first and second elongate side wall frames and covering a substantial portion of said elongate side wall frame for absorbing impact from objects; and(e) an overhead front cross bar connecting said first and second elongate side wall frames, for preventing movement of said first elongate side wall frame relative to said second elongate side wall frame, whereby carts may be unimpeded in movement into said cart storage station.