Patent ID: 8403343

Claim:
A shopping cart attachment device comprising: (a) a base for securing to a shopping cart, the base is a clamp having a generally U-shaped cross section formed from a first panel and a second panel connected together, the base wraps around an end of the shopping cart; (b) an arm pivotally attached to the base via a pivot mechanism, the pivot mechanism restricts the arm to pivot side-to-side, the arm has a first end and a second end, the first end is engaged in the pivot mechanism and the second end extends outwardly from the base and pivot mechanism; (c) a pad component disposed on the second end of the array, (d) a hook having a shaft with a second hinge disposed on the shaft at a location beyond the pad, wherein the hook extends upwardly from the pad component and second end of the arm, the hook is positioned at an angle with respect to the arm, the hook functions to hook onto a part of a vehicle, wherein the part of the vehicle is a rim of a trunk of the vehicle wherein when the hook is bent forward about the second hinge, the hook and the pad form a clamp around the rim of the trunk of the vehicle and effective to prevent the shopping cart device from coming loose when it is pushed towards the vehicle or pulled away from the trunk of the vehicle.