Shopping cart

摘要

A shopping cart having a rear-facing seat for intermittent sitting and resting while shopping. The seat is in a barrier-less rear region of a rear open alcove, allowing a user to freely access the seat for sitting and to freely exit the seat for standing. The seat hingedly connects to the cart, allowing the seat to selectively lower in a down position for sitting and selectively swing upwards for accessing a storage area below the seat. The seat operationally connects to a brake, actuating the brake when the seat is in the down position, the brake engaging at least one wheel of the cart when the brake is actuated. The rear region of the cart has a pair of arms defining the alcove, each arm having a horizontal grab bar, providing support when a user grabs the bar upon rising from sitting.

主权项

1. A shopping cart, comprising:
a frame having a horizontal lower wheeled base with a rear, the frame having a support with a pair of sides and a top, the support extending vertically upwards from the base, the support bifurcating the cart into a rear portion and a front portion, the frame having a pair of arms in the rear portion, an arm on each side of the support, the arms having a top segment extending from the top of the support rearwards connecting the top segment to a vertical segment extending downwards, connecting the arms to the base at the rear; a top shopping basket in the front portion of the cart, the front basket attaching to and extending frontwards from the support; and a seat connecting to the support substantially midway, the seat in the rear portion, the seat for sitting and resting intermittently with a rear-facing orientation, the seat configured for sitting with feet on the floor, the rear portion having an open rear region opposite the support, configured for free access to the seat for sitting, configured for freely exiting the seat for standing, turning and resuming pushing the shopping cart through a store, the seat hingedly connected to the support, allowing the seat to selectively stow in an up position and to selectively lower in a down position for sitting.