SHOPPING CART WITH A DEVICE FOR INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF GOODS ON A LOWER RACK THEREOF, AND A KIT FOR MODIFYING A SHOPPING CART

摘要

A shopping cart having a wheeled frame, an upper basket, a lower rack, and a lower rack signalling device for indicating the presence of a load on the lower rack. The lower rack signalling device has a pull member with one end section being connected to the lower rack and another end section connected to a flag assembly. The lower rack is biased to an upper position when the rack is not loaded. When the lower rack is loaded, the weight of the load forces the lower rack to descend to a lower position thereby lowering the pull member and causing a flag of the flag assembly to swing from a retracted position to a raised position, and a kit for modifying a shopping cart as described.