Patent ID: 7396025
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A shopping cart, comprising: a wheeled base having a front end and a rear end, the wheeled base of the cart having a pair of rear wheels and a second pair of wheels spaced forwardly from the rear wheels; a rear frame projecting upwardly from the rear end of the base and having a handle at its upper end; a single basket having a rear end secured to the frame and projecting forwardly from the frame at a spacing above the base, the basket having a front wall, spaced side walls, and a lower wall, and being open at its rear end; a fixed child seat secured to the cart adjacent the upper end of the rear frame so as to project forwardly from the rear frame; and a rear gate pivoted below the child seat to close the open rear end of the basket, whereby two or more carts can be nested together by pushing the front wall of the basket of a first cart through the rear frame beneath the fixed child seat of a second cart, simultaneously pivoting the rear gate upwardly to allow the basket of the first cart to enter the basket of the second cart.