Patent ID: 8002290

Claim:
A shopping cart and child seat assembly, comprising; a cart having a lower frame supporting a basket formed of a sidewall arrangement and a basket bottom, the sidewall arrangement having a basket height extending between the basket bottom and an upper edge defining an open top of the basket; at least an extent of a sidewall of the basket having a gate, the gate having a gate height between the basket bottom and an upper hinge, the gate being pivotal about said hinge-to provide an opening of the basket sidewall arrangement for insertion of a portion of a similar shopping cart; a collapsible child seat assembly having a seat bottom secured to a seat back at a hinged connection, wherein said child seat assembly is secured to said gate and movable between a storage configuration and a use configuration such that, when said child seat is in the storage configuration the seat bottom is positioned below the seat back in substantially the same plane as the seat back and positioned against the rear gate, and when said assembly is in the use configuration the seat bottom is positioned below half of said height of the basket and at least one upper extending body protrudes above the top of the basket height wherein the seat assembly is at least partially supported in the use configuration by at least one suspension support member extending from the seat bottom to the rear gate at a location above the seat bottom, and said support member is connected to the rear gate by a track arrangement whereby the connection of the support member is moveable along a portion of the height of the rear gate.