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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary J. Reiland, Apple Valley, MN (US);
David Lehse, Oakdale, MN (US);
Assignee:
Four D Incorporated, Burnsville, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/900 ;
Abstract
A shopping cart having a base frame supported by at least one front wheel and a pair of rear wheels. At least one basket is supported on the base frame. The basket has a plurality of side walls defining a basket perimeter and a bottom wall located at a height above the base frame. A protected location is positioned substantially within the basket perimeter. An entrance through the basket perimeter provides ingress and egress to the protected location. A platform is provided proximate the protected location and the entrance(s). A seat is located within the protected location at about the height of the bottom wall.