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Shopping cart cover

Shopping cart cover description/claims

The benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/925,606 filed Apr. 20, 2007 is claimed.

The invention relates generally to shopping carts and, more particularly, to padded liners for shopping cart child seats.

In one aspect, a combination is provided, of a cover for a child seat on a shopping cart of the type including a seat bottom portion, a seat back portion, and an apertured leg portion generally bounded at its upper end by a shopping cart handle, the cover including a rear seat back-covering panel and a front handle-covering panel interconnected by an intermediate seat bottom-covering panel; and a detachable child activity panel including at least a cover attachment subsystem for attaching the detachable child activity panel to the front handle-covering panel of the cover for use by a child seated in the shopping cart child seat when and in the event a child is in the shopping cart child seat. The detachable child activity panel is configured for use in the lap of a child seated other than in the shopping cart child seat for use when and in the event a child is so seated.

In another aspect, a flexible fabric cover for a child seat on a shopping cart of the type including a seat bottom portion, a seat back portion, and an apertured leg portion generally bounded at its upper end by a shopping cart handle is provided. The cover includes a rear seat back-covering panel and a front handle-covering panel interconnected by an intermediate seat bottom-covering panel. The rear seat back-covering panel takes the form of an inverted pocket which fits over the seat back portion of the shopping cart to aid in securing the cover. The pocket is configured to be turned inside-out to serve as a storage pouch for the cover.

In yet another aspect, a combination is provided, of a flexible fabric cover for a child seat on a shopping cart of the type including a seat bottom portion, a seat back portion, and an apertured leg portion generally bounded at its upper end by a shopping cart handle, the cover including a rear seat back-covering panel and a front handle-covering panel interconnected by an intermediate seat bottom-covering panel; and a detachable child activity panel including at least a cover attachment subsystem for attaching the detachable child activity panel to the front handle-covering panel of the cover for use by a child seated in the shopping cart child seat when and in the event a child is in the shopping cart child seat. The detachable child activity panel is configured for use in the lap of a child seated other than in the shopping cart child seat for use when and in the event a child is so seated. The rear seat back-covering panel takes the form of an inverted pocket which fits over the seat back portion of the shopping cart to aid in securing the cover. The pocket is configured to be turned inside-out to serve as a storage pouch for the cover.

FIG. 1 is a top view of a flexible fabric shopping cart liner embodying the invention laid out flat, that is, unfolded;

FIG. 2 is an underside view of the flexible fabric shopping cart cover laid out flat, that is, unfolded;

FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional view of the shopping cart cover in the process of being installed within the child seat of a shopping cart;

FIG. 4 is another three-dimensional view looking generally towards the handle end of the shopping cart, illustrating the manner in which an inverted pocket, with an elastic hem, fits over the seat back portion of the shopping cart child seat to aid in securing the cover;

FIG. 5 illustrates the manner in which the inverted pocket with elastic hem of FIG. 4 can be turned inside out to serve as a storage pouch for the cover;

FIG. 6 is a view of the cover fully installed, in combination with a detachable child activity panel embodying the invention, in use by a child;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the detachable child activity panel;

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the detachable child activity panel showing a cover attachment subsystem and a lap attachment subsystem;

FIG. 9 illustrates independent use of the detachable child activity panel attached, for example, to a forward-facing child safety car seat in a vehicle;

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