Hook means for shopping cart

Claim 2

A shopping cart comprising a frame supporting a container thereon, said frame being supported on casters for displacing said container; said container being defined by a bottom wall, side walls, a front and rear wall, and an open upper end; a handle consisting of a bar-like member supported rearwardly and above said container rear wall for displacing said cart on said wheels; and a hook member having a securable end, a projection arm and stop means at the free end of said projection arm; said hook member securable end being connected to said bar-like member and projecting inwardly towards said container rear wall whereby articles secured to said projection arm will hang between said handle and said container rear wall and from an uppermost portion of said cart to provide maximum distance between said hook member and the floor for hanging depending articles thereon.

Claim 3

A shopping cart as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hook member is a U-shaped member defining two substantially parallel projection arms each having a securable end and a transverse interconnecting arm at their free end, said arms having a portion of their free end upwardly turned so that said interconnecting arm lies above said projection arms whereby said upwardly turned portion constitutes said stop means.

Claim 4

A shopping cart as claimed in claim 2 wherein said projecting arms are substantially straight along a first portion thereof from their securable end and then curve downwardly along a second portion to said upwardly turned portion to form a V-notch between said second portion of said arms and said upwardly turned portion.

Claim 5

A shopping cart as claimed in claim 2 wherein said securable end of each said projection arms comprise a transverse groove extending into said arm and having an open end on the outer edge of said arm, said grooves being in alignment with one another, said arms being spaced apart a distance slightly longer towards the securable end thereof, said bar-like member being a hollow tube having two holes therein defining a narrow circumferential edge, said securable ends of said arms being brought closer together at said securable end by maintaining inward pressure on both said arms, said securable ends being positioned in a respective hole of said handle whereby opposite portions of said circumferential edges are received in a respective one of said grooves in said arms when said pressure between said arms is released with said grooves aligned with said circumferential edge.

Claim 6

A shopping cart as claimed in claim 2 wherein said securable end of each said projection arms is provided with an outwardly extending transverse flange, a hole in said flange to accommodate suitable securing means for fastening said hook member to said handle.

Claim 7

A shopping cart as claimed in claim 1 wherein said handle is an elongated tubular member secured at its ends to a handle support frame extending rearwardly from the upper end of said container rear wall, and a transparent plastic material covering at least a portion of said handle.

Claim 8

A shopping cart as claimed in claim 6 wherein printed matter is provided on said handle, said transparent plastic covering said printed matter to protect same.