Patent ID: 8157272

Claim:
A child carrying apparatus coupled with a shopping cart having a storage basket, the child carrying apparatus comprising: a body shaped to resemble a vehicle and having a front end, a rear end, and at least one side wall; a forward facing seat disposed in the body, the seat having a base with a forward edge and a seatback having an upper edge, providing a seated child occupant with a forward view out of the body; and the at least one side wall defining a doorway providing access to the seat, the doorway having a forward edge at a side wall A-pillar region, a lower edge at a side wall sill region, and a rearward edge at a side wall B-pillar restraint region; wherein a lower portion of the B-pillar restraint region forms the rearward edge of the doorway at a location about adjacent to the forward edge of the seat base, an upper portion of the B-pillar restraint region forms the rearward edge of the doorway at a location that is above the lower portion and rearward relative to the lower portion such that a transition portion is disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, and the transition portion is located at or above a mid-height of the B-Pillar restraint region and configured to enable the seated child occupant to have a substantially unobstructed side view out of the body up to at least about 90 degrees offset from the forward view; and to prevent the seated child occupant from leaning his or her torso region out of the body while seated.