Patent ID: 8360206

Claim:
A method of providing cart securing structures for carts used at a retail establishment comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of cart securing structures, each of said cart securing structures configured to accept at least two spaced wheels of a cart, each of said cart securing structures comprising a body having a bottom surface and a top surface, a first longitudinal stop defining a portion of said top surface and a second longitudinal stop defining a portion of said top surface, said first and second stops having a trough located there between, at least one aperture in said bottom surface of said body at said trough, and a first upwardly extending side wall extending generally perpendicular to said first and second stops from said first stop to said second stop at a first side of said body and a second upwardly extending side wall extending generally perpendicular to said first and second stops from said first stop to said second stop at an opposing second side of said body, said trough adapted to accept said at least two spaced wheels of said cart between said first and second stops and between said first and second side walls, said first stop having a first face sloping upwardly over which said pair of wheels of said cart may be rolled and having a second face sloping downwardly towards said trough for engaging said at least two spaced wheels of said cart to prevent said cart from rolling away, said second stop having a first surface sloping upwardly from said trough for engaging said at least two spaced wheels of said cart to prevent said cart from rolling away and said at least one aperture permitting fluid to flow out of said trough through said bottom of said body; locating a plurality of cart securing structures adjacent at least a plurality of parking spaces marked on a parking surface of a vehicle parking area located adjacent to said retail establishment; and securing each of said cart securing structures to said parking surface.