Patent ID: 6098998
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
A shopping cart, comprising:a wheeled base having a front end and a rear end;a frame projecting upwardly from the rear end of the base and having a handle for pushing the cart;a basket having a rear end secured to the frame and projecting forwardly from the frame above the base;the basket having a front wall, spaced side walls and a lower wall, the front wall of the basket having a pair of leg openings;a back support panel slidably mounted in the basket for movement between a first position against the inside of the front wall to close the leg openings, and a second position spaced rearwardly from the front wall to provide a back rest for a child seated in the front end of the cart with the child's legs extending through the leg openings; andthe back support panel lying against the front wall in said first position with substantially no gap between the panel and front wall, and being at a predetermined spacing from the front wall in said second position, whereby, in said second position, the lower wall between the back support panel and front wall, and the back support panel together form a seat for supporting a child.