Patent ID: 7023177

Claim:
In combination with a rechargeable battery carrying electrically driven cart of the type usable by physically challenged persons and having a front and rear end and having a steering post mounted shopping basket or other article receiving compartment at it's front end ahead of a cart seat: a. a direct current transmitting first member mounted to extend substantially laterally centrally upwardly from said basket or compartment; b. a charging station incorporating a second direct current transmitting member and including a support for said charging station; c. one of said first and second member comprising a probe and the other a probe receiver having a probe capturing system including at least a pair of electrically conductive elements forming a passageway for receiving said probe, and including at least one electrically conductive laterally expandable resilient strip part the other one of said probe and probe receiver carrying laterally external terminal mechanism for electrically engaging and laterally expanding said strip part; and d. electrical conductor connections to be attached between said batteries and one of said members and between said other of said members and a source of direct current electrical power.