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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1990
Filed:
May. 05, 1989
Gregory W Ferris, Battle Creek, MI (US);
United Steel & Wire Company, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Abstract
A shopping cart having an upwardly-opening basket supported on a wheeled base. The basket has a pivotally-mounted rear gate to permit nesting of like carts. A bracket structure is hingedly suported on the cart handle, and has a frame structure disposed generally in the vicinity between the cart handle and the rear edge of the basket. The frame structure is adpated to mount a small video unit thereon. The bracket structure also has stops which engage the side supports for the handle and limit the bracket structure for swinging movement between raised and lowered positions. The bracket structure wil automatically swing upwardly to its raised position in response to nesting of like carts.