Abstract: A padded seat construction 10 for use with a shopping cart 100 wherein the construction 10 includes a seat member 21 hingedly connected to a seat back member 20. In the first version of the invention, the seat member 21 has an outboard end dimensioned to be received in the divided leg opening 103 of the child receiving basket portion 101 of the shopping cart 100 and provided with generally tapered leg support portions 25 having cooperating fasteners 40, 41 that allow the leg support portions 25 to captively surround the horizontal cross bar 102 at the bottom of the divided leg opening 103 of the shopping cart. In the second version of the invention, the forward edge of the seat member is provided with a solid bulbous leg cushion element 28 divided by slots 26 into two leg support portions 25 provided for orthopedic support.