Plastic basket for use with a cart having front and rear baskets

A plastic rear basket for use with a cart having separate front and rear baskets, said cart having a horizontal frame portion to which the baskets are attached, said plastic basket comprising:

• a pair of opposed side panels, a rear panel, and a bottom panel attached together along their contiguous edges, said side panels and said bottom panel terminating in a front edge;
• a seat back panel pivotally attached to said side panels and supported by said bottom panel at the front portion of said rear basket;
• p1 a child's seat pivotally attached to said bottom panel at the rear portion of said basket;
• said rear panel comprising at least one leg opening for accommodating the legs of a child sitting on said child's seat, said child's seat adapted to be movable between a first position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel and a second position covering said leg opening;
• said seat back panel being movable between a first seat back position substantially perpendicular to said bottom panel and a second seat back position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel;
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• a lifting bar adapted to move said child's seat to said first position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel when said seat back panel is moved to said seat back position substantially perpendicular to said bottom panel and to move said child's seat to said second position covering said leg opening when said seat back panel is moved to said seat back position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel, wherein said side panels include at least one camming slot and said lifting bar being coupled to at least one cam follower received in said camming slot, said lifting bar being adapted to move said child's seat to said first position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel when said seat back panel is moved to said seat back position substantially perpendicular to said bottom panel and to move said child's seat to said second position covering said leg opening when said seat back panel is moved to said seat back position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel.

A plastic rear basket for use with a cart having separate front and rear baskets, said cart having a horizontal frame portion to which the baskets are attached, said plastic basket comprising:

• a pair of opposed side panels, a rear panel, and a bottom panel attached together along their contiguous edges, said side panels and said bottom panel terminating in a front edge;
• a seat back panel pivotally attached to said side panels and supported by said bottom panel at the front portion of said rear basket;
• a child's seat pivotally attached to said bottom panel at the rear portion of said basket;
• said rear panel comprising at least one leg opening for accommodating the legs of a child sitting on said child's seat, said child's seat adapted to be movable between a first position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel and a second position covering said leg opening;
• said seat back panel being movable between a first seat back position substantially perpendicular to said bottom panel and a second seat back position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel;
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• a lifting bar adapted to move said child's seat to said first position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel when said seat back panel is moved to said seat back position substantially perpendicular to said bottom panel and to move said child's seat to said second position covering said leg opening when said seat back panel is moved to said seat back position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel, wherein said bottom panel comprises hinge means integral to said bottom panel and said child's seat comprises a hinge member for hingedly engaging said hinge means for moving said child's seat between said first position in juxtaposition to said bottom panel and said second position covering said leg opening and wherein said hinging means integral to said bottom panel comprises recessed sections including a flexible member which can be elevated for receiving said hinge member.