Patent ID: 8632080
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A shopping cart and child seat assembly, comprising: a cart having a lower frame supporting a basket formed of a sidewall arrangement and a basket bottom; at least an extent of a sidewall of the basket having a gate, the gate having a gate height between the basket bottom and an upper hinge, the gate being pivotal about said hinge-to provide an opening of the basket sidewall arrangement for insertion of a portion of a similar shopping cart when stacking like carts together; a collapsible child seat assembly being positioned within the basket and having a seat bottom secured to a seat back at a hinged connection, wherein said child seat assembly is secured to said gate and movable between a storage configuration and a use configuration such that, when said child seat assembly is in the use configuration the seat bottom is positioned below two-thirds of said gate height; at least one strut member extends between the seat back and the rear gate and is positioned entirely above the seat bottom when the child seat assembly is in the use configuration, said strut member being connected to the seat back with a slideable hinge, wherein a hinged connection between the strut and the seat back is movable along a length of the strut member toward the rear gate.