Patent ID: 8333404

Claim:
A method, comprising: squeezing a handlebar of a shopping cart having a basket, the basket including a floor and a rear wall, a front wheel assembly of the shopping cart including front wheels and a rear wheel assembly of the shopping cart including rear wheels; moving the handlebar downward to rotate the front wheels from a down position in which the front wheels contact a ground toward a storage position in which the front wheels are positioned adjacent or above the floor of the basket; positioning the shopping cart onto a floor of a vehicle trunk so that a portion of the floor of the basket forward of the front wheel assembly rests on the floor of the vehicle trunk; sliding the basket further into the trunk past a point at which a front of the front wheel assembly bumps into a rear of the vehicle; rotating the front wheel assembly further to the storage position in which the front wheels are positioned adjacent or above the floor of the basket; moving the shopping cart so that the baskets slides further into the trunk; and rotating the rear wheel assembly from a down position in which the rear wheels contact the ground to a storage position in which the rear wheels are positioned at or behind the rear wall.