Abstract: A checkout stand supported by a floor has a working surface at a specific elevation above the floor and is combined with a shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure, and a basket having side, bottom, and front walls, which are fixed to one another. The upper edges of the side walls are parallel to each other and slope downwardly toward the front wall. Being spaced at least several inches below the upper edges of the side walls, the upper edge of a central region of the front wall is located approximately at the same elevation above the floor. Each of two side regions of the front wall has a stepped edge between the upper edge of one of the side regions and the upper edge of the central region of the front panel.

Abstract: For a shopping cart, an undercarriage comprises a tubular frame and a tray, a back portion of which includes an integral basket having a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls. The frame has two lateral portions extending longitudinally between the front and back ends of the undercarriage, at a lower level and a transverse portion extending transversely near the back end of the undercarriage, at a higher level. The tray and the basket are made of welded wires. The back portion is disposed to rest against the transverse portion of the frame in a generally level position of the tray and is elevated in an upwardly tilted position of the tray. At the back portion, one of the wires defines a bail, which extends backwardly so as to overlie the transverse portion of the frame in the generally level position of the tray.