Method for covering shopping carts

A method for covering a shopping cart comprising a basket comprising an open top frame with a rear end top edge and a front end top edge, a rear section proximate the rear end top edge with a horizontal handle and a forward pivoting back rest for an infant seat, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a cover apparatus comprising:
• (i) an elongated housing,
• (ii) spring roller assembly means enclosed in the elongated housing said means comprising a spring loaded roller,
• (iii) attachment means to permanently attach the elongated housing to the back rest of the shopping cart,
• (iv) a flexible retractable cover dimensioned to cover the open top frame of the basket cover, tapered with the front end having a narrower width than the rear end, and comprising a rear end attached to the spring roller assembly means and a front end extendable from the spring roller assembly means toward the front end wall of the basket,
• wherein the spring roller assembly means biases against rotation of the roller in unrolling the cover from the roller to retract the cover on the roller and further comprises stop means to selectively stop biasing against the unrolling of the cover, and
• (v) hooks on the front end of the cover of sufficient size and shape to detachably attach to hook onto the front end top edge of the front wall of the basket when the cover is extended over the top frame,
• (b) unrolling the cover pulling the front end of the cover from the spring roller assembly means toward the front end top edge of the basket to extend the cover over the top frame, and
• (c) detachably attaching the front end of the cover to the front end wall of the basket.