Patent ID: 7396026

Claim:
A cable actuated shopping cart brake for attachment to a wheeled shopping cart or the like, the cart brake comprising: a master assembly for attachment to a handle or a frame of the cart, the master assembly comprising: a master body; a groove in the master body, the groove for mating to a side of the cart handle; a half sleeve of the master body, the half sleeve for mating to a side of the cart handle opposite the master body of the master assembly; a plurality of fasteners for affixing the half sleeve to the master body, around the cart handle; a pivot within the master body; a flexible cable assembly having two ends, one end of the cable assembly fitted to the master body; a cable within the cable assembly, the cable having a rod end and a flange end; the rod end of the cable fitted to the pivot within the master body; an actuator, a part of the actuator pivotally fitted through the master assembly, the actuator connected to the pivot, whereby movement of the actuator rotates the pivot and alters the amount of cable within the master body; a slave assembly for attachment to the frame of the cart, the slave assembly comprising: a slave body; a groove in the slave body, the groove for mating to a side of the frame; a half sleeve of the slave body, the half sleeve for mating to a side of the frame opposite the slave body of the slave assembly; a plurality of fasteners for affixing the half sleeve to the slave body, around the frame; a bore within the slave body; a bore seat within the bore; a piston slideably disposed within the bore, the piston connected to the flange end of the cable; a compression spring within the bore, the spring acting to move the piston away from the bore seat, whereby movement of a part of the piston out of the bore enables piston contact with one of the wheels of the cart, thereby impeding cart movement.