Shopping basket for use with stroller

A shopping basket adapted for use with a stroller which includes

• a stroller body having a pair of front leg bars, a pair of rear leg bars, and a plurality of transverse foldable bars, said front legs and said rear legs being foldably connected together by said transverse foldable bars,
• a seat portion attached to said stroller body, and
• a backrest attached to said stroller body, said shopping basket comprising:
• a basket body having a box-like body of a generally square cross-section made of a material which is easily foldable, said box-like body having such a size and depth as to be attached to the underside of said seat portion of said stroller and comprising upper open end portions, said upper open end portions having lateral sides;
• a bottom plate fixedly secured at its peripheral margin to a lower end of said box-like body, said bottom plate being foldable into a plurality of distinct portions in the direction of the width of the stroller;
• a holder mechanism for attachment to the underside of the seat portion, said holder mechanism having holder mechanism units, said holder mechanism units being fixedly mounted on said upper open end portions of said basket body, said holder mechanism units confront each other in the direction of the width of the stroller;
• openable closure members secured respectively to upper half portions of rear corners of said basket body so as to allow a rear portion of said basket body to be freely opened;
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• shape-retaining core elements mounted, respectively, on said lateral sides of said upper open end portion of said basket body, said shape-retaining core elements confront each other in the direction of the width of the stroller.