Patent ID: 6321929
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A45C,B65D

Abstract:
A shopping basket for carrying an opened single serving sized beverage can or bottle with a beverage therein, comprising:a bottom;a plurality of side panels extending from said bottom; andone of said side panels having a gap therein, said side drink holder attached to the edges of said gap such that the drink holder extends outward of an exterior surface of the side panel, said gap providing an opening between the basket and the drink holder, said gap extending from a bottom of the drink holder to a top edge of the drink holder, said bottom of the drink holder being spaced from and above a top surface of the bottom of the basket;said drink holder and said one of said plurality of side panels defining a gap within said side panel adjacent to said drink holder and within said drink holder such that said drink holder comprises a continuous extension of said side panel;said drink holder comprising a depth and a diameter sufficient to accommodate said single serving sized can or bottle such that said shopping basket may be carried with said beverage can or bottle inserted within said drink holder without spilling said beverage.