Shopping cart having improved child seat

A shopping cart comprising a handle, a handle mounting, to which the handle is mounted, a main basket, which also is mounted to the handle mounting, and a child seat comprising

• (a) a primary panel defining a back panel of the main basket and a front panel of the child seat and being made from welded main and cross wires, wherein the main wires of the primary panel extend in generally vertical directions and are spaced from one another by not more than about two inches, wherein the cross wires of the primary panel extend across the primary panel and are spaced vertically from one another, and wherein the primary panel is mounted pivotally to the generally vertical portions of the handle, at a first of the cross wires of the primary panel,
• (b) a secondary panel having a substantially open portion and a weight-supporting portion, defining a lower panel of the child seat, and being made from welded cross and pivot wires, wherein the cross wires of the secondary panel are spaced from one another by not more than about two inches and extend laterally across the weight-supporting portion but not across the substantially open portion, wherein the pivot wires of the secondary panel extend longitudinally and are mounted pivotally to a second of the cross wires of the primary panel, below the first of the cross wires of the primary panel, wherein two of the pivot wires of the secondary panel extend along the substantially open and weight-supporting portions of the secondary panel so as to define two lateral edges of substantially open and weight-supporting portions of the secondary panel, and wherein at least one of the pivot wires of the secondary panel extends along the substantially open portion, between the pivot wires defining the lateral edges of the substantially open portion, so as to divide the substantially open portion into at least two leg openings for a child seated so that his or her weight is supported by the weight-supporting portion of the secondary panel, the leg openings permitting such a child to dangle his or her legs through the leg openings, within the main basket, and
• (c) a tertiary panel defining a back panel of the child seat and being formed of welded wires including generally parallel wires spaced from one another by not more than about two inches, the tertiary panel being mounted pivotally to a third of the cross wires of the primary panel, below the second of the cross wires of the primary panel, the tertiary panel being engaged with the secondary panel so as to restrain the secondary panel against pivoting upwardly or downwardly, so as to restrain the tertiary panel against pivoting away from the primary panel, but so as to permit pivoting of the tertiary panel toward the primary panel, the tertiary panel being disengagable from the secondary panel so as to permit pivoting of the secondary panel downwardly,
• wherein the primary panel constitutes means for confining the legs of such a seated child within the main basket.