Patent ID: 8684371

Claim:
A shopping cart comprising: a frame having: a wheeled base; a pair of side uprights each having a bottom portion mounted to a rear section of the base and an upper portion extending upward from the base; a basket comprising a bottom floor, a front wall, two sidewalls and a tubular structural member framing a rear end of each of the two sidewalls, each tubular structural member slidably sheathing a corresponding one of said side uprights; securing means for securing the tubular structural members to the side uprights; a handle assembly mounted between the side uprights in the upper portion thereof; each tubular structural member has a hole provided therein and each of the side uprights has an aperture provided therein and aligned with a corresponding one of the holes, and the securing means are slotted within the holes and apertures; the securing means comprise a cylindrical beam spanning between the side uprights and removably slotted within each hole and each aperture; each side upright further comprises a top extremity protruding upward out of the corresponding tubular structural member and wherein the handle assembly comprises a handle bar and two coupling components respectively mounted to opposed ends of the handle bar and the top extremities; and a support bar mounted to the side uprights above the base and extending therebetween to support the bottom floor of the basket.