Advertising pocket for shopping carts

Claim 1

An advertising pocket for attachment to a shopping cart of the type having horizontally and vertically disposed rods defining a meshwork therefor, said pocket adapted for attachment about a portion of said meshwork in a manner permitting direct viewing by a user of a shopping cart of printed matter insertable into said pocket, said pocket comprising a continuous back of generally rectangular configuration with a horizontal width, a vertical height; and horizontal and vertical edges associated therewith; a transparent window of approximately the same horizontal width as said back, but of less vertical height then said back, said window aligned in parallel planar relationship with said back such that said window spans most of the area of said back except along one horizontal edge thereof; a lip of approximately the same horizontal width as said back and of sufficient vertical height to span the area of said back not spanned by said window and to overlap a small portion of said window; said back, window and lip being sealed around the edges of the back thereby defining an interior pocket area between said back and said window and said lip, said window and said lip being of said flexible sheet material such that an edge of the lip overlapping an edge of said window are separable from each other for inserting printed matter in said pocket area or removing the same therefrom; said lip overlapping said window thereby further preventing precipitation from entering said interior pocket area; and attachment means affixed to the back of said pocket adapted to secure said pocket to the meshwork of said shopping cart; said attachment means being of a type which keeps said pocket in a generally planar orientation when attached to said shopping cart, said attachment means comprises a pair of straps fabricated from plastic sheet stock and fastened at one end thereof at spaced positions along an edge of said back; a pair of first fasteners secured to said back along an opposite edge; and a pair of second fasteners attached to other ends of said straps, said pair of second fasteners adapted for snapping and cooperating engagement with said pair of first fasteners, said pair of first fasteners positioned along said opposite edge such that said pairs of straps are disposed along said back in a parallel spacedapart relationship when said first fasteners and said second fasteners are engaged.