Patent ID: 7407169
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A child seat for a shopping cart, the seat comprising: a base member made from a plastic material and defining a top surface and a recess, the recess including a generally rectangular shaped portion and a generally concave shaped portion that is superimposed over and intersects with the generally rectangular shaped portion, the base member including a front edge and a rear edge with the rear edge pivotally mounted relative to a rear portion of a shopping cart; and a flap made from a plastic material and defining a top surface, the flap pivotally mounted relative to the rear edge of base member and movable between a first generally vertical position in which the flap is generally perpendicular to the base member and a second generally horizontal position in which the flap nests within the rectangular shaped portion and the generally concave shaped portion of the recess of the base member so that the top surface of the flap is generally flush with the top surface of the base member.