Shopping cart seat cover

Claim 1

A cover for the seat of a shopping cart comprising a sheet of double quilted material having an upper surface, a bottom surface, a rear end, a forward end, and side edges extending from the rear end to the forward end, a first rectangular panel located at the rear end of the sheet, a central panel having a pair of ears extending outwardly and forming a portion of the side edges of the sheet, an intermediate panel located between the first rectangular panel and the central panel, the first rectangular panel having slightly inclined side edges which bow out to points where the first rectangular panel connects with the intermediate panel, the outwardly projecting ears on the central panel having upper side edges which are essentially horizontal but somewhat curved, the intermediate panel having side edges which extend downwardly and inwardly from the points to the upper edges of the ears and being complimentarily shaped with respect to the upper edges of the ears, the upper edges of the ears being stitched to the side edges of the intermediate panel, the forward end of the sheet having a second rectangular panel, the side edges of the central panel extending downwardly from the ears and inwardly to merge with the second rectangular panel, the second rectangular panel having vertical side edges and a horizontal edge at the forward end thereof, the forward end being provided with an elastic strip, the second rectangular panel being folded downwardly and beneath the central panel along a fold line where the central panel connects with the second rectangular panel, the vertical side edges of the second rectangular panel being stitched to the bottom surface of the central panel, the intermediate panel having a pair of openings to permit the passage therethrough of the legs of a child, the central panel having a safety seat buckle secured thereto for holding a child in the seat, the bottom surface of the sheet being provided with at least one fastener strip adjacent to a rear edge of the first rectangular panel, the bottom surace of the sheet also being provided with at least one additional fastener strip spaced from the first mentioned fastener strip such that the first rectangular panel can be folded along a line which is located between the first fastener strip and the second fastener strip around a handle of the shopping cart so that the first and second fastener strips can engage one another to hold the first rectangular panel around the handle of the cart, the folded-back and stitched second rectangular panel forming a pocket which is received over a portion of the cart on a pivotal back member that folds away from a handle portion of the shopping cart.