Patent ID: 7237782
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A wheeled shopping cart, comprising: a frame defining a wheeled base and a pair of sidewardly spaced frame elements rigidly joined to the base and projecting upwardly adjacent a rear of said cart; an upwardly opening basket supported on said base and rigidly joined to said frame, said basket including front, right and left side walls projecting upwardly from a perimeter of a bottom wall; a handle supported on and extending transversely between said frame elements at a location adjacent a rear upper edge of said basket; and a rear gate assembly hingedly supported on said frame for vertical swinging movement between suspended and raised positions, said gate assembly in said suspended position being in a generally upright orientation wherein it is disposed at and substantially closes off an upright rear side of said basket and is swingably supported on a cross shaft which extends transversely across the cart and is located adjacent a rear upper edge of said basket; said rear gate assembly including