Patent ID: 8297629
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A45C,B62B

Abstract:
1. A stackable shopping basket for use in a self-service store or supermarket comprising, a tapered body having a plurality of vertical side faces and a base, the rearward face defining a load plane, a drive handle with side branches located adjacent the rearward face, and rolling means adjacent the base for its movement in an inclined manner with regard to the floor, the drive handle being located on a plane different from the load plane, the corners of the body extending vertically along the rearward face being reinforced by means of inward bends that define a plane parallel to the plane of the handle on which the side branches of said handle slide, and the corners of the body extending vertically along the forward face being reinforced by bends of similar shape, wherein the basket is nestable with a like basket in a first and a second position, the first position being one in which the rearward faces of the baskets are proximate to each other, the second position being one in which the rearward faces of the baskets are distal to each other.