Patent ID: 7837205

Claim:
A collapsible compartment of a shopping cart, the collapsible compartment comprising: a swinging rear wall having leg holes and being made of wire meshing including vertical and horizontal wires; a seat back operatively connected to the swinging rear wall for movement between an open position where the seat back extends away from the swinging rear wall, and a closed position where the seat back is collapsed against the swinging rear wall; a shelf wall having a rear edge pivotally connected to the swinging rear wall and a front edge operatively connected to the seat back for movement between a horizontal position, when the seat back is in the open position; and a collapsed position, when the seat back is in the closed position; and a seat panel comprising: a rear edge having at least one tube-shaped portion pivotally connected to the swinging rear wall, whereby the seat panel is pivotable between a down position where the seat panel rests on the shelf wall and an up position where the seat panel is covering the leg holes in the swinging rear wall; and a cam element on an outer surface contour of the tube-shaped portion, the cam element being positioned longitudinally on said tube-shaped portion so as to face a vertical wire of the swinging rear wall and being also positioned radially on the tube-shaped portion so as to strike said vertical wire when the seat panel is pivoted from either the down position to the up position or the up position to the down position, whereby the seat panel is urged in either the up or the down position.