Wheel stop

{
  "publication_number": "US9586562B1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B1",
  "title": "Wheel stop",
  "abstract": "Disclosed is a wheel stop configured to prevent the normal rotation of a wheel. The wheel stop may include a body having a top, a base, a front, and a backside. A wheel socket may be configured for receiving and removably holding at least a portion of the wheel therein, the wheel socket defined in the top of the body and having a bottom surface. The wheel stop may further include one of a lift member defined at the backside of the body, a plurality of feet spaced apart around an outer edge of the bottom of the body, and both.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A wheel stop configured to prevent the normal rotation of a wheel, the wheel stop comprising: a body having a top, a base, a front, and a backside; a wheel socket configured for receiving and removably holding at least a portion of the wheel therein, the wheel socket defined in the top of the body and having a bottom surface; only three feet spaced apart around an outer edge of the bottom of the body; and a single wheel ramp configured for receiving and directing at least a portion of the wheel there through to the wheel socket, the wheel ramp comprising a channeled, inclined ramp defined in an edge at the front of the body formed of spaced apart sidewalls and one of a flat and convex bottom surface, wherein the sidewalls of the ramp are flared at an angle from 60 to 180 degrees so that the ramp has a sector shape.",
    "2. The wheel stop of claim 1 wherein the body has a circular sector shape.",
    "3. The wheel stop of claim 2 wherein the base is a flat base.",
    "4. The wheel stop of claim 2 wherein the base comprises a flat rimmed base, and wherein an off-center hub is joined with the rimmed base through a plurality of radial ribs.",
    "5. The wheel stop of claim 4 wherein the radial ribs are connected together with an annular rib between the hub and the rimmed base.",
    "6. The wheel stop of claim 1 wherein the bottom surface of the wheel socket has a circular shape.",
    "7. The wheel stop of claim 6 wherein the wheel socket comprises an inverted conical frustum.",
    "8. The wheel stop of claim 1 wherein the sidewalls of the ramp are flared at an angle from 90 to 180 degrees.",
    "9. The wheel stop of claim 1 wherein the sidewalls of the ramp are flared at an angle from 110 to 150 degrees.",
    "10. A wheel stop configured to prevent the normal rotation of a wheel of a shopping cart so that the shopping cart can remain in a desired position without inadvertently rolling away, the wheel stop consisting of: a body having a top, a base, a front, and a backside; a wheel socket configured for receiving and removably holding at least a portion of the wheel of the shopping cart therein, the wheel socket defined in the top of the body and having a bottom surface; only three feet spaced apart around an outer edge of the bottom of the body; a lift member defined at the backside of the body; and a single wheel ramp configured for receiving and directing at least a portion of the wheel there through to the wheel socket, the wheel ramp comprising a channeled, inclined ramp defined in an edge at the front of the body formed of spaced apart sidewalls and one of a flat and convex bottom surface, wherein the sidewalls of the ramp are flared at an angle from 60 to 180 degrees so that the ramp has a sector shape.",
    "11. The wheel stop of claim 10 wherein the sidewalls of the ramp are flared at an angle from 110 to 150 degrees."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "B60T 3/00"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "NOONAN BRYAN"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2013-09-30",
  "publication_date": "2017-03-07",
  "grant_date": "2017-03-07",
  "priority_date": "2011-10-31",
  "application_number": "US-201314040994-A",
  "family_id": "58162177",
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}