Patent ID: 6406041
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
A shopping cart having additional storage capacity, the shopping cart nestable with other shopping carts, the shopping cart comprising:a front end having upper and lower portions; a storage compartment being pivotally connected to the lower portion of pivotal movement fore and aft with respect to the front end, wherein the storage compartment further includes opposing front and rear frames connected together at bottom ends to define a closed bottom of the storage compartment, the closed bottom pivotally connected to the lower portion of the front end to define a first axis; a pair of side frames vertically disposed between the front and rear frames to further connect the front and rear frames, the side frames laterally disposed with respect to the front end of the cart; and a bottom support horizontally disposed between the front and rear frames and adjacent the bottom of the storage compartment, the bottom support having first and second ends, the first end pivotally connected to the front frame to define a second axis and the second end slidably connected to the front end of the cart to define a length along which the second end slides, wherein the first end pivots about the second axis and the second end slides along the length as the storage compartment pivots about the first axis fore and aft with respect to the front end; the storage compartment configured to be manually pivotable fore with respect to the front end to an additional storage position outside the shopping cart and configured to be automatically pivotable aft with respect to the front end to a stowed position within the shopping cart when nested with another shopping cart.