Patent ID: 6186382
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
A cupholder adapted for mounting onto a shopping cart, the cupholder comprising a housing having a base end, a top wall supported on the base end and having a receptacle for a drink cup formed in the housing and opening to the top wall and having a lower end;a base wall having a first surface extending downwardly from a plane of the top wall, the first surface being defined adjacent to the drink cup receptacle;a flange wall at the base end and extending generally perpendicular to the plane of the top wall and having a second surface parallel to and facing the first surface, and a cross wall parallel to and adjacent an upper surface of the top wall and extending between the base wall and the flange wall to join the first and second surfaces to form an open bottom groove for mounting the cupholder over a wall of a basket of a shopping cart, the first and second surfaces both extending in direction away from the cross wall and being substantially coextensive and both extending to have lower ends substantially at a level with a lower end of the drink cup receptacle for stability in mounting.