Patent ID: 6129418
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A cover which removably mounts over a seat of a shopping cart, said shopping cart including an integrally formed child seat including a seat bottom, and a seat back, said shopping cart further including a handle for pushing said shopping cart, said cover comprising:a sheet of padded material having an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a continuous peripheral edge, said sheet being sized so as to cover a shopping cart seat of a shopping cart over which said cover is placed, including said seat back of said shopping cart seat, over which said cover is disposed while simultaneously covering said handle of said shopping cart and draping over the edges of said shopping cart over which said cover is disposed located between said seat back and said handle;elastic means integrally formed with said cover, and extending substantially continuously about an entire length of said peripheral edge, said elastic means being of a length shorter than said peripheral edge;said elastic means urging said cover into a first predetermined shape and causing said cover and peripheral edge to form a pouchlike structure having a said cover covering the seat back, handle, and shopping cart edges disposed between said seat back and said handle when said cover is disposed over the seat of a shopping cart, said elastic means acts to hold said over in place;at least a first aperture disposed in said sheet for allowing the legs of a child to extend therethrough;a pouch connected to said sheet, said pouch having an opening and being usable to contain said sheet;whereby said sheet when disposed on a shopping cart seat provides cushioning of the shopping cart handle, seat back, shopping cart edges between said handle and said back, and said seat.