Modular plastic shopping cart

A modular plastic shopping cart, comprising:

• a wheeled base comprising two opposite vertical side sections each having at least one horizontally projecting member providing a support surface;
• two side uprights removably connectable to the wheeled base, each of the side uprights comprising lower and upper vertical sections, each of the lower vertical sections having at least one horizontally projecting member providing a resting surface, each of the upper vertical sections having at least one horizontally projecting member providing a support surface, the support surfaces of the wheeled base and the resting surfaces of the side uprights having predetermined cooperating shapes to prevent, when assembled, relative pivoting and sliding movement between the side uprights and the wheeled base;
• a basket removably connectable to the side uprights, the basket comprising two opposite vertical side sections each having at least one horizontally projecting member providing a resting surface, the support surfaces of the side uprights and the resting surfaces of the basket having predetermined cooperating shapes to prevent, when assembled, relative pivoting and sliding movement between the basket and the side uprights;
• first securing means for securing the side uprights to the wheeled base;
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• second securing means for securing the basket to the side uprights.