Patent ID: 7766347

Claim:
A gate-and-seat assembly for a shopping cart comprising: a gate having a first end pivotally mountable adjacent to a rear portion of a shopping cart; a backrest including: a back support defining a slot; and a pair of legs extending from the back support and pivotally mounted to a lower portion of the gate to enable pivotal movement of the backrest relative to the gate; and a seat pivotally mounted to the gate via at least one pivot mechanism and slidably extendable through the slot of the back support, the seat including a pair of ears extending laterally outward from the seat in opposite directions with each respective ear being releasably engageable relative to a rear contact portion of the back support of the backrest, wherein the entire gate-and-seat assembly is made from a plastic material, and wherein the seat is pivotally movable from a seating position to a collapsed position upon pivotal movement of the backrest in a first rotational direction toward the gate with the seat slidably moving through the slot of the back support and pivoting in a second rotational direction downward toward the gate until both the seat and the back support are collapsed against the gate, wherein the first rotational direction and the second rotational direction are generally opposite one another.