Shopping cart for the handicapped

A shopping cart for use with wheelchairs for the handicapped, including the combination of a wheeled frame having at least one upright post, a basket mounted on the post, and a hitch assembly for detachably coupling with wheelchair, the hitch assembly including a draw bar mounted at one of its ends on the post, and releasable latch means for coupling with the wheelchair, said latch means being accessible to an operator in a wheelchair for coupling and uncoupling of the draw bar, the latch means comprising a fixed socket mounted at the distal end of the draw bar and engageable with a portion of the wheelchair, the latch means further including an adjustable socket mounted for sliding movement lengthwise of the draw bar and engageable with another portion of the wheelchair, and means for locking the adjustable socket at a position on the draw bar in which both sockets engage their corresponding portions of the wheelchair and securely latch the draw bar to the wheelchair.