Basket

Improved nestable basket of the type used in self-service shops or supermarkets, the basket comprising:

• a generally prism-shaped single body made of a strong material, the body having a plurality of faces and a base;
• a plurality of incuts in one of the plurality of faces;
• a telescoping handle associated with a first face of the plurality of faces, the telescoping handle provided on an upper part of the body;
• a plurality of wheels placed on the base in a position proximal to the first face of the plurality of faces,
• a plurality of openings in the base, each of the plurality of openings being proximal to a respective corner formed by two faces and being sized to have at least one dimension approximate to a diameter of one of the wheels;
• wherein when a portion of a second improved nestable basket is nested in the body a plurality of wheels from the second basket are arranged in the body so that dirt from one wheel of the plurality of wheels of the second basket pass through at least one opening of the plurality of openings;
• wherein the body comprises a shape to permit the second basket to be received in at least two positions for easy storage, the first position being that the respective first faces are disposed proximal to each other and the second position being that the respective first faces are opposite each other.

A nesting basket comprising:

• a floor and a plurality of faces arranged in a prismatic shape, the faces being spaced apart and adapted for holding consumer goods sold in supermarkets and the like;
• a plurality of incuts in one of the faces;
• an upper and a lower edge in one of the faces, a handle integrated in the upper edge and a wheel associated with the lower edge;
• wherein the handle is a telescopic handle adapted to permit a user to transport the basket in a simple and comfortable manner, the handle being associated with a first face;
• a plurality of openings in the floor, each of the plurality of openings being proximal to a respective corner formed by two faces and being sized to have at least one dimension approximate to a diameter of one of the wheels;
• wherein when a portion of a second improved nestable basket is nested in the body a plurality of wheels from the second basket are arranged in the body so that dirt from one wheel of the plurality of wheels of the second basket pass through at least one opening of the plurality of openings;
• wherein the body comprises a shape to permit the second basket to be received in at least two positions for easy storage, the first position being that the respective first faces are disposed proximal to each other and the second position being that the respective first faces are opposite each other.

A shopping basket comprising:

• a body having an inner space defined by a base and a plurality of flared upright walls for receiving consumer goods via an open top, the plurality of walls generally defining a top edge, a first wall of the plurality of walls comprising a plurality of orifices;
• a pair of wheels mounted to an exterior surface of the base proximal to a second wall of the plurality of walls;
• a telescoping handle for use by differently sized shoppers to roll the basket on the wheels, the telescoping handle associated with the second wall of the plurality and comprising a grip, the grip stored in a first notch of the top edge;
• a hinged handle for carrying the basket, the hinged handle stored in a second notch in the top edge away;
• wherein when the hinged handle and the grip are stored, the present basket is nestable in an inner space of a first like shopping basket and a second like shopping basket is nestable in the inner space of the basket regardless whether the second wall is aligned with a respective second wall of one of the first and second like shopping basket for permitting the shoppers to stack the present basket without a concern of orienting the present basket properly with any other like shopping basket;
• wherein the base comprises a first and a second passage disposed respectively above the wheel, the first and second passages comprising substantially a size in one direction of a diameter of one wheel of the pair of wheels, the first and second passage for passing dirt of a pair of wheels of the second shopping basket through the present basket when the second wall of the present basket and the second wall of the second like shopping basket are adjacent.