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In a shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure including two handle uprights extending upwardly from the wheeled chassis, and a basket supported on the wheeled chassis and fastened to the handle uprights, two clips are employed for fastening the basket to the wheeled chassis. Ea

In a shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure including two handle uprights extending upwardly from the wheeled chassis, and a basket supported on the wheeled chassis and fastened to the handle uprights, two clips are employed for fastening the basket to the wheeled chassis. Each clip is fastened to an associated, generally horizontally extending portion of a frame of the wheeled chassis, beneath one of the side walls of the basket. Each clip has an upper, flanged end, which extends at least partly into an associated recess provided in one of the side walls of the basket and a lower, curved end, which conforms generally to and extends at least partly beneath the associated, generally horizontally extending portion of the frame. The frame of the wheeled chassis includes a tubular member defining the generally horizontally extending portions, to which the clips are riveted.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure including two handle uprights extending upwardly from the wheeled chassis, a basket supported on the wheeled chassis and fastened to the handle uprights, and two clips for fastening the basket to the wheeled chassis,th

[ I claim:] [1.] A shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure including two handle uprights extending upwardly from the wheeled chassis, a basket supported on the wheeled chassis and fastened to the handle uprights, and two clips for fastening the basket to the wheeled chassis,the basket having a front wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls, the front, bottom, and side walls being molded from a plastic material, each side wall having a transversely opening recess, which is molded into said side wall and which defines an upwardly facing, substantially horizontal, lower surface which overlies an associated side portion of the bottom wall,the wheeled chassis including a frame including a tubular member having two generally horizontally extending portions, the frame supporting the bottom wall of the basket, each generally horizontally extending portion being disposed beneath the associated side portion of the bottom wall and one of the side walls of the basket,each clip being generally inverted-L-shaped with a planar, vertical portion, a lower, curved end, and an upper, substantially horizontal, flanged end,the planar, vertical portion engaging an associated one of the side walls and a near edge of the bottom wall of the basket and being fastened by a mechanical fastener solely to an associated one of the generally horizontally extending portions of the frame when disposed beneath the associated side portion of the bottom wall and the associated one of the side walls of the basket,the lower, curved end conforming generally to and embracing the associated one of the generally horizontally extending portions of the frame,the upper, substantially horizontal, flanged end extending at least partly into and engaging the substantially horizontal, lower surface defined by the transversely opening recess molded in the associated one of the side walls of the basket, so as to fixedly secure together the associated side wall, the bottom wall, and the associated portion of the frame.