Abstract: A cover for the seat of a shopping cart comprising a sheet of double quilted material having a first rectangular panel located at the rear end of the sheet, the bottom surface of the sheet being provided with at least one fastener strip adjacent to the rear edge of the first rectangular panel, the bottom surface of the sheet also being provided with at least one additional fastener strip spaced from the first mentioned fastener strip such that the first rectangular panel can be folded along a line which is located between the first fastener strip and the second fastener strip around the handle of the shopping cart so that the first and second fastener strips can engage one another to hold the first rectangular panel around the handle of the cart, the forward end of the sheet having a second rectangular panel, the sheet having a central panel extending between the first and second rectangular panels, the forward end being provided with an elastic strip, the second rectangular panel being folded downwardly and