Platen for stacking wheeled articles

A platen for stacking a toy shopping cart comprising a basket, handle means extending upwardly and rearwardly from said basket, and a plurality of wheels for rotatably supporting said basket on a supporting surface, said platen comprising a bottom wall, and two side portions joined to opposite sides of said bottom wall, said side portions including an outer flange which extends upwardly from said bottom wall, and an inside flange depending from said outside flange which extends downwardly in spaced relation to said outside flange thereby forming a spacing therebetween, said inside flange including spaced slots in the lowermost edge thereof, said toy shopping cart being received on said bottom wall with said wheels adjacent said side portions, said side portions being folded over the wheels of said cart so that said wheels are received in said spacing, said spaced slots engaging with the hubs of said wheels.

A platen for stacking a toy shopping cart comprising a basket, handle means extending upwardly and rearwardly from said basket, and a plurality of wheels for rotatably supporting said basket on a supporting surface, said platen comprising:

• a bottom wall;
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• means on said bottom wall for releasably engaging the wheels of said shopping cart said bottom wall including spaced slots in a rear edge thereof, said slots being operable for receiving the handlebars of a second shopping cart when said platen is received on top of the basket of a second shopping cart.

A stacking assembly for stacking a plurality of wheeled articles comprising:

• a wheeled article including a plurality of wheels for rotatably supporting said wheeled article;
• and
• a platen including a bottom wall received adjacent to said plurality of wheels, and further including means on said bottom wall for releasably engaging said plurality of wheels.

A platen for stacking a wheeled article comprising:

• a bottom wall;
• and
• foldable flange portions joined to opposite sides of said bottom wall, said flange portions including an inner flange having slots therein for slidably engaging with hubs of said wheels.