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A spacer device for shopping carts mounts on the wheeled frame of a cart in order to prevent lateral binding of the frames of a pair consecutively nested shopping carts. The spacer has a central body portion that is secured alongside a frame portion of a first one of the pair of shopping carts by a

A spacer device for shopping carts mounts on the wheeled frame of a cart in order to prevent lateral binding of the frames of a pair consecutively nested shopping carts. The spacer has a central body portion that is secured alongside a frame portion of a first one of the pair of shopping carts by a mounting structure so that when the carts are nested, the central body is interposed between the frame portions of the two carts thereby preventing direct contact and, thus, binding. The central body has an exposed glide surface formed of a low friction material so that the frame portion of the second cart slideably contacts the glide surface for lateral sliding movement. The mounting structure may be C-shaped resilient clips that snap fir onto circular frame portions.

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A spacer device adapted to be mounted on a shopping cart in order to prevent lateral binding when said shopping cart is nested with another said shopping cart wherein said shopping carts define a mated pair when in a nested state so that there is an inner cart and an outer cart, each of said shoppin

A spacer device adapted to be mounted on a shopping cart in order to prevent lateral binding when said shopping cart is nested with another said shopping cart wherein said shopping carts define a mated pair when in a nested state so that there is an inner cart and an outer cart, each of said shopping carts including a basket operative to receive goods for transport and a wheeled frame supporting said basket for movement along a support surface, said mated pair having frame portions that contact one another to position the inner and outer carts with respect to one another when in the nested state, said spacer device comprising: a) a central body portion adapted to be secured alongside of said frame portion of a first one of said mated pair at a selected location so that said central body portion is interposed between said frame portion thereby preventing direct contact of said frame portions to one another, said central body portion having an exposed glide surface formed of a low friction material and oriented such that said frame portion of a second one of said mated pair slideably contacts the glide surface for lateral sliding movement therealong as said mated pair are moved into and out of the nested state; and b) mounting means for securing and retaining said central body portion at the selected location whereby said glide surface of the central body portion prevents lateral binding when said mated pair are moved into and out of the nested state.