Patent ID: 9669856
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B62B

Claim:
1. A combination of a shopping cart and an accessory tray on the shopping cart, the shopping cart comprising: a handle at an upper rear end of the cart, a rear wall having an upper end that is forward of the handle and an opposing lower portion, wherein there is a handle space between the handle and the rear wall upper end and a child-seat portion having a seat flap and a child-seat back with an upper end, wherein, in an in-use configuration for the cart, the rear wall is generally vertical and the seat flap is generally horizontal and the child-seat back is generally vertical forward of the seat flap; and the tray comprising a connection portion fixed to the handle of the shopping cart; and a substantially planar platform portion having a rear side connected to the connection portion, a front side, a left side, and a right side, and a planar top surface for receiving items placed by a user; wherein the platform portion extends forward from the connection portion across said handle space to place the front side of the platform portion generally over the upper end of the rear wall so that said tray does not extend over said seat flap; wherein, in a nesting configuration of the cart, the rear wall pivots to move the rear wall lower portion forward, and the child-seat back pivots rearward so that said rear wall and the back are generally parallel and generally horizontal and there is a storage space between the upper end of the rear wall and the upper end of the child-seat back, the front side of the tray platform portion being received in said storage space; and wherein the handle has a top extremity, and the tray does not extend above a horizontal plane that passes through said handle top extremity.