Patent ID: 6354612
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A shopping cart comprising a chassis, a basket supported by the chassis, the basket having a front wall and two side walls, a tray adapted to fit within the basket selectively in a usage position or in a storage position, the tray having a hinge aperture, and a hinge wire mounted to the basket so as to extend across the basket, between the side walls, the hinge wire extending through the hinge aperture so as to enable the tray to be selectively positionable in the usage position or in the storage position, the hinge aperture being elongate and having two opposite ends, which become an upper end and a lower end respectively when the tray is positioned in the storage position, the hinge wire being located at the upper end of the hinge aperture when the tray is positioned in the storage position, in which the tray rests against but does not extend above the front wall of the basket.