Patent ID: 7959166

Claim:
A shopping cart comprising: a front portion; a rear portion opposite the front portion; a base formed as a single, unitary piece of material and extending between the front portion and the rear portion of the shopping cart, wherein the base includes a pair of upwardly extending supports; a plurality of wheel assemblies coupled with the base; and a basket coupled to the base and defining a container for carrying items, wherein the basket includes: a frame including a plurality of uprights spaced apart from each other and including: a front pair of uprights adjacent the front portion of the shopping cart, and a rear pair of uprights adjacent the rear portion of the shopping cart, a front panel extending vertically and laterally between the front pair of uprights, and a pair of side panels spaced from each other and each extending vertically between a different one of the front pair of uprights and a different one of the rear pair of uprights such that the pair of side panels are laterally spaced from one another, wherein: one of the pair of upwardly extending supports of the base and the rear pair of uprights of the frame defines a pair of internal receiving cavities, and another one of the pair of upwardly extending supports of the base and the rear pair of uprights of the frame fits within the pair of internal receiving cavities coupling the basket to the base such that each of the pair of internal receiving cavities surrounds at least a portion of the other one of the pair of upwardly extending supports of the base and the rear pair of uprights of the frame in a manner maintaining the basket in a vertically spaced relationship over the base adjacent the front portion of the shopping cart.