Patent ID: 6923456

Claim:
A shopping cart, which is nestable into a preceding, similarly constructed cart and into which a following, similarly constructed cart is nestable, comprising: a chassis, which a front end and a back end, which has front and rear casters, including two rear, transversely spaced casters, and which has two generally longitudinal members, each extending along one side of the chassis, between the front and back ends of the chassis; camming members mounted on the chassis and a transversely extending member bridging the generally longitudinal members; and an upright frame member including upright legs with lower tubular ends, said lower tubular ends being secured to the generally longitudinal members in a substantially parallel orientation thereto at a position intermediate the chassis front and back ends with said lower tubular ends extending toward said chassis front end from said upright legs; wherein said camming members are mounted to the front ends of the lower tubular ends, and adapted to upwardly cam the transversely extending member of a preceding, similarly constructed cart into which the shopping cart is being nested, so as to elevate the rear casters of the preceding shopping cart, and wherein each of said camming members has a socket in which one of the frame member lower tubular ends is received.