Patent ID: 6808184
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A shopping cart for manually transporting goods from one location to another, which comprises:a.) a bottom frame; b.) a plurality of wheels connected to and located below said bottom frame; c.) a vertical support connected to said bottom frame and extending upwardly therefrom to support a basket; d.) said basket located above said vertical support and connected thereto, said basket having a bottom, an open top, a front and a back, and two side walls, each of said side walls including at least one top member connected to said front and said back, said at least one top member of each of said side walls selected from the group consisting of rigid top members and flexible top members, said front and said back each establishing corners with said sidewalls, wherein each of said corners include at least one substantially vertical rigid member, and further including a flexible, elastically expandable member being a sheet of elastomeric material and being connected to said at least one substantially vertical member and at least one of said at least one top member, said front or said back of said basket.