Patent ID: 6453588
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B62B,G09F

Abstract:
A magnetically receptive carrier plate in combination with a conventional shopping cart having a parcel receptacle which is supported by wheels accommodating movement of the receptacle throughout the store, said receptacle having a rear upper transverse rod and a conventional foldable child seat or an upper article bin, and said child seat and upper article bin having an upper transverse rod, said shopping cart having a handlebar means extending transversely of the receptacle, and at a predetermined distance rearwardly of the receptacle, which provides manually-operable means by which the user may maneuver said shopping cart in the store,said carrier plate having means for being rotatably attached to handlebar of said shopping cart, said carrier plate is rotatable between a first relatively vertical position in which said plate hangs downwardly from handlebar of conventional shopping cart, and to at least one other position when said plate is rotated rearwardly, upwardly, then forwardly, about 270 degrees over handlebar until said carrier plate rests on an upper transverse rod parallel to handlebar of said shopping cart including either the rear upper transverse rod of said shopping cart receptacle or the upper transverse rod of said foldable child's seat or upper bin of the shopping cart, said carrier plate having a first magnetically receptive surface and a second magnetically receptive surface whereby objects can be magnetically secured to said surfaces, said magnetically receptive surfaces being generally planar.