Abstract: An article carrying apparatus in the form of a support that is used with a shopping cart to provide a horizontal support for safely carrying loads that are longer than the length of the cart. The support may be used with any conventional shopping cart having nestable or non-nestable baskets. The support is hingedly attached to a lower structural member of the cart basket. The support is movable between a first position in which it lays flat against the bottom wall of the cart basket, allowing the basket to be nested into an adjacent cart, and a second position in which it is substantially resting against the front wall of the basket.

Abstract: A shopping cart having a displaceable front wall, with or without a load carrying apparatus associated with the front wall to provide a horizontal support for safely carrying loads that are longer than the length of the cart and must sit on top of the cart basket to be transported. The front wall and support (if employed) may be used with any conventional shopping cart having nestable or non-nestable baskets. The front wall is hingedly attached to a lower structural member of the cart basket. The front wall is movable from a first retracted position in which it lays substantially in registry with the bottom wall of the cart basket, allowing the basket to be nested into an adjacent cart, to an in-use position in which it forms a shopping cart front wall, to a second retracted position in which it is resting underneath and substantially in registry with the bottom wall of the basket, also allowing the basket to be nested into an adjacent cart.

Abstract: An article carrying apparatus in the form of a support that is used with a shopping cart to provide a horizontal support for safely carrying loads that are longer than the length of the cart. The support may be used with any conventional shopping cart having nestable or non-nestable baskets. The support is hingedly attached to a lower structural member of the cart basket.

Abstract: The Invention is directed to a system and method for facilitating the retrieval of lost objects and payment of rewards to the finders of lost objects, while protecting the privacy and security of the owner of the lost object.