Shopping cart with bag support system

A shopping cart comprising:

• a wheeled base;
• and
• a basket supported above the wheeled base, wherein the basket includes:
• two or more walls defining a compartment between the two or more walls, a top mouth open to the compartment, and an open slot positioned below the top mouth, wherein the open slot is defined between a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, the bottom edge being positioned opposite the top edge, and
• a hook downwardly depending from the top edge of the open slot toward the bottom edge of the open slot to a free bottom end of the hook,
• wherein:
• the portion of the basket at least partially defines a perimeter handle around the top mouth of the compartment, the perimeter handle is configured to be grasped by a user to facilitate manipulating movement of the shopping cart, and the top edge of the open slot is formed by the perimeter handle, and
• the hook is configured to selectively receive a handle of a bag after the handle of the bag is wrapped around a portion of the basket that is defined between the open slot and the top mouth of the compartment, such that the bag selectively hangs along an outside surface of the basket opposite the compartment.

A shopping cart comprising:

• a wheeled base;
• and
• a basket supported above the wheeled base, wherein the basket includes:
• two or more walls defining a compartment between the two or more walls, a top mouth open to the compartment, and an open slot positioned below the top mouth, wherein the open slot is defined between a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, the bottom edge being positioned opposite the top edge, and
• a hook downwardly depending from the top edge of the open slot toward the bottom edge of the open slot to a free bottom end of the hook,
• wherein:
• the hook is configured to selectively receive a handle of a bag after the handle of the bag is wrapped around a portion of the basket that is defined between the open slot and the top mouth of the compartment, such that the bag selectively hangs along an outside surface of the basket opposite the compartment,
• the hook depends downwardly from the top edge of the open slot to a free bottom edge of the hook positioned above and spaced from the bottom edge of the open slot, and
• the basket includes a body and a perimeter handle extending at least partially along a top edge of the body to form the at least one open slot between the body and the perimeter handle.

A shopping cart comprising:

• a wheeled base;
• and
• a basket supported above the wheeled base, wherein the basket includes:
• two or more walls defining a compartment between the two or more walls, a top mouth open to the compartment, and an open slot positioned below the top mouth, wherein the open slot is defined between a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, the bottom edge being positioned opposite the top edge, and
• a hook downwardly depending from the top edge of the open slot toward the bottom edge of the open slot to a free bottom end of the hook,
• wherein:
• the hook is configured to selectively receive a handle of a bag after the handle of the bag is wrapped around a portion of the basket that is defined between the open slot and the top mouth of the compartment, such that the bag selectively hangs along an outside surface of the basket opposite the compartment, and
• the hook includes outwardly extending side fins on opposing edges thereof providing additional rigidity to the hook.

A shopping cart assembly comprising:

• a shopping cart including:
• a wheeled base, and
• a basket supported above a wheeled base, wherein the basket includes:
• two or more walls defining a compartment between the two or more walls, a top mouth open to the compartment, and an open slot positioned below the top mouth, wherein the open slot is defined between a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, the bottom edge being positioned opposite the top edge, and
• a hook downwardly depending from the top edge of the open slot toward the bottom edge of the open slot to a free bottom end of the hook;
• and
• a bag having a handle, wherein the handle of the bag is wrapped around a portion of the basket that is defined between the open slot and the top mouth of the compartment, such that the bag selectively hangs along an outside surface of the basket opposite the compartment;
• wherein the hook has an inward curvature toward the compartment.

A shopping cart assembly comprising:

• a shopping cart including:
• a wheeled base, and
• a basket supported above a wheeled base, wherein the basket includes:
• two or more walls defining a compartment between the two or more walls, a top mouth open to the compartment, and an open slot positioned below the top mouth, wherein the open slot is defined between a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, the bottom edge being positioned opposite the top edge, and
• a hook downwardly depending from the top edge of the open slot toward the bottom edge of the open slot to a free bottom end of the hook;
• and
• a bag having a handle, wherein the handle of the bag is wrapped around a portion of the basket that is defined between the open slot and the top mouth of the compartment, such that the bag selectively hangs along an outside surface of the basket opposite the compartment;
• wherein the portion of the basket is a perimeter handle extending around an entirety of at least three sides of the top mouth of the compartment.