Patent ID: 6926291

Claim:
A shopping cart, comprising: a wheeled base having a front end and a rear end; a rear frame projecting upwardly from the rear end of the base and having a handle at its upper end; a single basket having a rear end secured to the frame and projecting forwardly from the frame at a spacing above the base, the basket having a front wall, spaced side walls, and a lower wall together defining an enclosure for articles to be purchased, the basket being open at its rear end; each side wall of the basket having a rear portion extending forwardly from the rear frame up to a forward end, a downward step at the forward end of the rear portion, the downward step having a lower end, and a forward portion of reduced height extending from the lower end of the downward step to the front wall of the basket; a fixed child seat secured between the rear portions of the side walls of the basket adjacent the upper end of the rear frame so as to project forwardly from the rear frame, the child seat having a base spaced above the forward portion of the basket; and a rear gate pivoted at the rear frame below the child seat to close the open end of the basket, whereby two or more carts can be nested together by pushing the front wall of the basket of a first cart through the rear frame beneath the fixed child seat of a second cart, simultaneously pivoting the rear gate upwardly to allow the basket of the first cart to enter the basket of the second cart.