Tip limiting member for wheeled cart and assemblies thereof

A shopping cart configured to roll along a supporting surface, the shopping cart comprising:

• a rear leg;
• a rear wheel rotatably coupled to the rear leg and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, the rear wheel defining an outside perimeter configured to contact and roll along the supporting surface;
• and
• a rotational brake coupled to the rear leg and extending radially away from the rotational axis in a rearward and downward direction beyond an outside perimeter of the rear wheel, and wherein the rotational brake is configured to impede rotation of the shopping cart about the rotational axis;
• wherein:
• when the shopping cart is translated along the supporting surface during normal use, the shopping cart is in a normal use orientation,
• the rotational brake extends radially away from the rotational axis to a free end, and the free end stops short of contacting the supporting surface when the shopping cart is in the normal use orientation,
• when the shopping cart is rotated rearwardly about the rotational axis the free end of the rotation brake contacts the supporting surface to impede further rotation of the shopping cart about the rotational axis,
• the rear leg defines a first surface and a reception means protruding from the first surface of the rear leg,
• the rotational brake is coupled to the rear leg via the reception means;
• and
• the reception means includes a seating portion and a coupling portion,
• the rotational brake is slid over the coupling portion and onto the seating portion to couple the rotational brake to the rear leg.

A method of limiting tipping of a shopping cart, the method comprising:

• providing a rotational brake on a shopping cart, the shopping cart including:
• a chassis,
• a basket supported above the chassis,
• a rear leg extending downwardly from the chassis, wherein the rear leg defines a first surface and a reception means protruding from the first surface of the rear leg,
• a rear wheel rotatably coupled to the rear leg and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, the rear wheel defining an outside perimeter configured to contact and roll along the supporting surface, and
• wherein the rotational brake is coupled to the rear leg via the reception means and extends radially away from the rotational axis in a rearward and downward direction beyond an outside perimeter of the rear wheel to a free end, the reception means includes a seating portion and a coupling portion, and the rotational brake is slid over the coupling portion and onto the seating portion to couple the rotational brake to the rear leg;
• and
• impeding rotation of the chassis and the basket about the rotational axis via the free end contacting the supporting surface after a predetermined amount of allowed rotation of the chassis and basket about the rotation axis.