The origin of Happy
Shopper™ came as I was studying the
future of retail, including groceries.
The shopping
experience today, while being pleasantly positively impacted by high tech and
online innovation, still requires us to bring our purchases that last part of
the trip, from the store or car to our home.
We choose our product,
put it in our cart, take it out for checkout, put it in bags, take it to car or
home, and then carry boxes and bags the final distance. Whew.
Especially a case of wine or water.
I am an engineer and
inventor and have run large companies, with manufacturing operations, for
Fortune 100s. My passion, however is
that I love to figure out designs to solve needs. I see them in my head. As Happy Shopper™ evolved in my mind, the
elements became simple (best,) and new to the world, so I have obtained
worldwide patents.
The utility features:
1. No cross axle to allow fold flat, turn the
wheels sideways to fit behind a door, side loads to wall
2. Hold Open Hold Closed with one wire form
assembled through slots in the back as bearings
3. Plastic board perforated and folded to
create “Living Hinges” folding for thousands of cycles
4. Outward folded “box” to allow large spade
but 2” thick storage
5. Hooks with bag latches, which double as
Hooks, for the ride as a hitchhiker on a wire cart
6. Double loop wire form to hook clothes
hangers from the cleaners to home
7. Finger hole to allow easy handling for fold
and unfold
And more. Happy Shopper™ has been brought to the world
with minimum tooling investment and as low a cost as possible.
As of now, I am the
most experienced person on the planet with use of Happy Shopper™. As I have used prototypes, I have incorporated
design changes. I can tell you that the
extremely light, (now 3.5#, weight), the almost instant fold and unfold, and
the durability, especially the throw in the car and behind the door are
super. The load carrying of up to 2 cases of liquid
and lots of bags, of all types, are great.
Cases load and unload easily as on a hand truck. For the price of one or two bottles of wine,
you can carry your cases for a very long time.
I hope you enjoy Happy
Shopper™, please use the email feature to tell me how you like yours.
Best Regards
Eric
Issued Patents as of May 2017
United States Utility: US 9,566,991 B2
United States Design:US D781, 021 S
Chinese: ZL201630119595.2
European Community Registered Design No.
003061001-0001
