Shopping cart

A shopping cart comprising, in combination, a folding basket and a two-part inverted U-shaped pushing handle for said cart consisting of a handle upper and lower parts, said folding basket being in attached supported relation on said handle lower part and being comprised of a cooperating arrangement of a back wall, a front wall, a pair of opposite side walls, and a bottom panel, said back wall being supported on said handle lower part and there being pivotal connection means therefrom to said side walls and bottom panel so as to operatively mount same to partake of pivotal movement in flush relation against said back wall preparatory to providing a compact storage condition in said cart, said handle upper part presenting a hand grip and being pivotally connected adjacent the upper end of said handle lower part so as to be pivotally movable between operative and storage positions in relating thereto, and at opposite facing locations on the lower end portion of said handle lower part a cooperating pair of wheel supporting axles, one said axle of each pair being oriented transversely of the pushing direction of said cart for rotatably supporting wheels of said cart during said pushing movement thereof, said other axle of each pair being oriented in said cart pushing direction for receiving said wheels in mounted storage positions thereon in a corresponding perpendicular orientation, whereby said wheels in said storage position are held in the same flat condition as said handle and as said folded basket thereon to thereby contribute to a compact storage condition in said cart.