Patent attributes
A shopping cart for personal use includes a basket portion for collecting items, a platform supporting the basket portion, and a frame operatively attached to the platform configured to position the cart in an in-use position and in a collapsed position for transport and storage. The frame includes foldable bars constructed with upper and lower bars lockably hinged via a lockably hinged connector, to convert the shopping cart from in-us to the collapsed position. A handle bar is connected across the upper bars, wherein upward pulling on the handle unlocks the cart from the in-use position, allowing the upper and lower bars to hingedly collapse parallel to one another. An upper set of wheels positioned on the platform contacts a ground surface only when the shopping cart is in a collapsed horizontal position.
