Abstract: A metal wire rod shopping cart wherein a reinforced display frame is integrated in a wall of at least one of a front wall, opposed side walls or the backrest wall of a baby seat compartment. A metal panel sheet is secured substantially centrally in a U-shaped metal channel to divide the channel into opposed slots whereby to receive a promotional sheet having display material thereon. The reinforced display frame is welded to metal wire rods in the wall and lies in the plane of the wall to provide for non-obstruction when nesting said shopping cart with other like shopping carts and to reinforce the wall.

Abstract: A multi-configurational wire-rod display rack has one or more display modules which have at least two vertical side frames provided with two spaced-apart vertically extending posts. A plurality of transverse horizontal attachment rods are removably secured between the posts of the end frames. The posts are interconnected at a top end by a transverse top horizontal member. The vertical side frames are interconnected together in spaced, parallel relationship by lower connecting cross-bars secured between a respective common one of the end posts of the pair of side frames, and a top connecting cross-bar secured between the transverse top horizontal members of the vertical side frames. A plurality of wire-rod product support-and-display accessories are removably supported between the attachment rods and span the at least two vertical side frames. A plurality of these racks may be disposed side-by-side to form a large flexible display structure.

Abstract: A multi-configurational wire-rod display rack is described. The display rack comprises one or more display modules having at least two vertical side frames provided with two spaced-apart vertically extending posts. A plurality of transverse horizontal attachment rods are removably secured between the posts of the end frames. The posts are interconnected at a top end by a transverse top horizontal member. The vertical side frames are interconnected together in spaced, parallel relationship by lower connecting cross-bars secured between a respective common one of the end posts of the pair of side frames, and a top connecting cross-bar secured between the transverse top horizontal members of the vertical side frames. A plurality of wire-rod product support-and-display accessories are removably supported between the attachment rods and span the at least two vertical side frames. A plurality of these racks may be disposed side-by-side to form a large flexible display structure.

Abstract: An attachment bracket for a shelf support system, adapted for being mounted to a post of square cross-section and for receiving a portion of a shelf unit therein, comprises a bracket. The bracket has a back wall defining a bottom, a top and vertical edges, and side arms, extending laterally from the vertical edges of the back wall, whereby defining outer surfaces and inner surfaces of the bracket. First protrusions are located on the inner surfaces of the bracket and are adapted for mating engagement with a corresponding indentation in the post for being vertically secured thereto. The side arms comprise slots adapted for supporting a portion of the shelf unit therein. The slots have friction edge portions, adapted for the captive engagement of the portion of the shelf unit therein. The inner surface of one of the side arms has a second protrusion at a predetermined distance from the back wall, whereby the bracket is adapted for snap-fitting engagement with the corner post.

Abstract: A shopping cart including a basket and a basket support frame on which the basket is mounted. The basket support frame includes a base frame mounted on a pair of rear wheel assemblies and a pair of front wheel assemblies. The base frame has a front framing member defining the front end of the base frame and two side framing members, the front framing member forming a corner with each side framing member. The basket support frame further includes a mounting plate associated with each front wheel assembly to securely mount the same onto a respective corner of the base frame, each mounting plate having one side secured to the front framing member of the base frame and another side secured to the corresponding side framing member. These plates enable the front wheel assemblies to be securely, easily and inexpensively mounted to the base frame of the shopping cart.

Abstract: A nestable shopping cart is comprised of a main containment basket supported elevated by a frame which is displaceable on casters. A handle bar is secured rearwardly spaced from a rear wall of the basket by spaced side attachment members at opposed ends thereof. A restraining open area is defined between the rear wall of the shopping basket, the handle bar and the space side attachment members. A secondary containment basket is secured between a pair of rear frame members in a lower section of the frame and has at least a portion of a top open end thereof aligned substantially on a vertical axis passing through the restraining open area. The secondary basket is secured spaced inwardly of the pair of rear frame members by nesting support brackets.

Abstract: An automatically retractable safety belt device for arresting a child seated in a seat compartment of a shopping cart. The device comprises a housing attachable to a frame member adjacent the seat compartment. An elongated strap is disposed in the housing and has a free end thereof provided with a connector and accessible from outside the housing. A retracting mechanism is provided in the housing and the inner end of the strap is connected thereto. The retractable mechanism maintains a major portion of the belt retracted in the housing. The connector at the end of the strap is attachable, when the strap is extended from the housing, whereby to position the strap in a restraining manner about a child seated in the seat compartment. When the connector is released, the belt is automatically retracted in the housing by the retracting mechanism.

Abstract: An infant seat plate for hinge securement adjacent a rear wall of a shopping cart is provided for blocking the leg holes in the rear wall of the shopping cart, and for positioning over a wire seat frame which is positionable against the leg holes in the rear basket area of the shopping cart. The seat plate has a hinge connecting edge and is biased by a spring element against the rear wall to obstruct the leg holes. The improvement in the seat plate resides in a releasable retention member being secured to the seat plate for retention engagement of the seat plate with the wire seat frame when positioned thereover in a position of use to arrest the seat plate over the seat frame. As soon as the rear gate of the shopping cart is displaced on its lower hinge against the rear wall, it releases the retention member and the seat plate is urged automatically against the rear wall.

Abstract: An end-to-end nestable shopping cart having a frame supported on casters with a basket having an open top end supported elevated by the frame. The basket has a bottom wall, opposed side walls tapering inwardly from a rear end to a front end, a front wall, and a rear gate hinged along a top edge thereof and having leg holes therein. A handlebar is disposed rearwardly of the rear gate to displace the shopping cart on the casters. A babyseat compartment is defined in the basket between the rear gate and a hinged backrest disposed in the basket and spaced from the rear gate. The backrest has a hinged connection at the basket bottom wall for hinged displacement of the backrest forwardly over the bottom wall. Arresting means is provided to maintain the backrest upright above the bottom wall. The rear gate has engagement means to displace the backrest when in the upright position to a forward collapsed position over the bottom wall when another cart is nested through the rear gate.

Abstract: A hinge gate construction for a baby seat compartment of the type which is securable to a rear portion of an elevated frame of an over-the-counter shopping cart. The gate is hingedly secured under the bottom wall of the baby seat compartment and the main merchandise-carrying basket, and is displaceable from an upright arrested position to a collapsed position forwardly over the bottom wall of the merchandise carrying compartment. A sliding latch is displaceably secured in a top portion of the gate and has engageable extensions disposed outwardly of opposed end edges of the gate. These extensions are received in restraining cavities formed in a front edge of each of opposed side walls of the baby seat compartment by displacing the sliding latch upwardly to engage in these cavities. The gate is disengaged from the cavities by sliding the latch upwardly and hinging the gate forwardly over the bottom wall of the merchandise carrying basket.

Abstract: For shopping carts wherein a lock is mounted on the handlebar thereof there is provided an improvement to arrest the lock to prevent it from tilting forward towards the shopping cart. The arresting bracket has a lock arresting portion to prevent the lock from tilting forward toward a rear gate portion of the cart. The bracket also has a bridge portion which extends from the lock arresting portion and terminates in an attachment end which is formed as a loop and is securable about the top horizontal wire of the rear gate. This bracket facilitates pulling a plurality of shopping carts nested together and interlocked by their locks, and further minimizes torsional stress placed on the fasteners holding the handlebar.

Abstract: A retention clamp for attachment to a wire frame of a shopping cart to retain substantially flat articles, such as advertising papers and magazines against a wire wall section of the cart. The clamp comprises a pressure retention member to apply retention pressure at spaced apart areas of the flat articles captive between the wire wall section and the member. The retention member has a pressure-biasing attachment end engageable with straight wire members of the wire frame to maintain the retention member pressure biased against the wire frame to define a clamping jaw for retaining the substantially flat articles in the jaw between the retention member and the wire frame.