Patent ID: 7673886

Claim:
A nestable shopping cart, comprising: a wheeled base having a front end and a rear end, the base having an opening at the rear end to allow nesting of the base of a second, identical cart into the rear end of said wheeled base; a rear frame projecting upwardly from the rear end of the base and having a handle at its upper end; a basket having a rear end secured to the rear frame and projecting forwardly from the rear frame at a spacing above the base, the rear end of the basket having a one piece pivoted rear gate to allow nesting of the basket of a second cart into the rear end of the basket, and the basket also having spaced side walls wherein each side wall has a first portion extending from the rear end of the basket and having a forward end, a downward step extending downwardly from the forward end of the first portion, and a second portion extending from the downward step to the front wall, the first portion having a height greater than the second portion; the base of the cart having a pair of side rails, a pair of rear wheels and a pair of front wheels; and at least one caster lift member mounted on the cart at a location for engagement with an opposing surface of a second cart during nesting of two carts, whereby the rear wheels of a front one of the two carts are lifted from the ground as the carts are nested together, wherein a pair of first caster lift members are downwardly projecting blocks removably mounted on the rear frame adjacent opposite sides of said base, whereby the first pair of the caster lift members of a forward cart will engage the said side rails of the base of a rear cart to lift the rear wheels of the forward cart when the two carts are nested together.