US 12,391,295 B1
Shopping cart with telescopic front basket
V. John Ondrasik, Jr., Granada Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to THE ONDRASIK FAMILY, Commerce, CA (US)
Filed by THE ONDRASIK FAMILY TRUST DATED 11/3/1999, Commerce, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/173,665.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/631,862, filed on Apr. 9, 2024.
Int. Cl. B62B 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 3/1468 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shopping cart having a telescoping basket, comprising:
a shopping cart having a main basket with an upper rim extending therearound; and
a telescoping basket positioned in a front portion of the main basket, wherein the telescoping basket comprises:
a front portion attached to the front of the main basket below the upper rim, and
a rear portion slidably attached to the front portion, wherein the rear portion is slidably moveable between a retracted position and an extended position,
wherein the rear portion of the telescoping basket is received into at least one slot in the front portion of the telescoping basket,
wherein the front portion of the telescoping basket comprises a stop that prevents the rear portion of the telescoping basket from being pulled out of the slot in the front portion of the telescoping basket, and
wherein the stop is formed by bending a wire on the rear portion of the telescoping basket after the rear portion of the telescoping basket has been inserted into the slot in the front portion of the telescoping basket.