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A reusable shopping bag and cart system for improved checkout and bagging procedures. The reusable shopping bags have elongate carrying handles at the upper end of opposed end wall panels for carrying them in the manner of a conventional “tote” type shopping bag, and include sleeves or loops on oppo

A reusable shopping bag and cart system for improved checkout and bagging procedures. The reusable shopping bags have elongate carrying handles at the upper end of opposed end wall panels for carrying them in the manner of a conventional “tote” type shopping bag, and include sleeves or loops on opposed side wall panels that allow them to be slipped over and suspended in a full open condition from the arms of conventional “T-shirt bag” holding racks and also over bag support members of specially designed shopping carts. The bags may also have shorter support handles at the upper end of the side wall panels for supporting them on the shopping carts. The bags and carts may be utilized in improved checkout, scanning, and bagging procedures employing filled bags supported on the cart and one empty bag supported on the cart or the arms of the bag holding rack.

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1. A reusable shopping bag and shopping cart system for use in containing and transporting items, comprising: a generally rectangular soft-sided expandable and collapsible reusable shopping bag having a bottom wall panel, opposed front and rear end wall panels, two laterally opposed side wall panels

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A reusable shopping bag and shopping cart system for use in containing and transporting items, comprising: a generally rectangular soft-sided expandable and collapsible reusable shopping bag having a bottom wall panel, opposed front and rear end wall panels, two laterally opposed side wall panels defining an open top end and an interior volume, said opposed front and rear end wall panels being of a width greater than the width of said laterally opposed side wall panels and to fit between laterally spaced apart support arms of a conventional plastic T-shirt bag holding rack, an elongate flexible loop carrying handle secured to an upper end portion of each of said opposed front and rear end wall panels for carrying said bag in the manner of a tote-type shopping bag, and a pair of looped support members one on each of said side wall panels at an upper end thereof configured to receive the laterally spaced apart support arms of the holding rack to support said shopping bag thereon in a fully open condition; anda shopping cart having a frame with a generally U-shaped lower portion supported on wheels, lateral side rails extending upwardly from a rear end of said lower portion, one or more cross bars extending transversely between said lateral side rails, a hand grip portion extending between upper ends of said side rails, and a pair of tubular arms each extending forwardly from a respective said lateral side rail of said shopping cart frame in generally parallel laterally spaced relation; anda plurality of inverted generally U-shaped bag support members secured to each of said laterally spaced tubular arms to extend a short distance upwardly therefrom in adjacent longitudinally spaced relation, said tubular support arms and said U-shaped bag support members disposed in laterally opposed relation spaced apart a distance sufficient to receive said looped support members of a respective said shopping bag to support said shopping bag thereon in a fully open condition;said looped support members on each of said side wall panels of said reusable shopping bag being removably placed on said bag support members of said cart to support said shopping bag in a full open condition on said cart and, when removed therefrom, being removably placed on the laterally spaced apart support arms of the holding rack to support said shopping bag in a full open condition on the laterally spaced apart support arms of the holding rack. 2. The shopping bag and shopping cart system according to claim 1, wherein said pair of looped support members of said shopping bag comprise a flexible loop support handle secured to an upper end portion of each of said laterally opposed side wall panels, whereby said shopping bag is removably supported in a full open condition by placing said shorter flexible loop support handles on respective laterally opposed pairs of said bag support members. 3. The shopping bag and shopping cart system according to claim 1, wherein said pair of looped support members of said shopping bag comprise an elongate generally rectangular open-ended sleeve at an upper end of each of said side wall panels having upper and lower longitudinal sides extending transversely across said side wall panels for slidably receiving the outwardly extending laterally opposed arms of the holding rack to support said shopping bag thereon in a fully open condition. 4. The shopping bag and shopping cart system according to claim 3, wherein said lower longitudinal side of each said open-ended sleeve is secured at bottom corners to a respective said side wall panel to form a bottom opening for slidably receiving a respective one of said laterally opposed bag support members of said shopping cart to support said shopping bag thereon in a fully open condition. 5. The shopping bag and shopping cart system according to claim 1, further comprising: a third said tubular arm extending forwardly from an upper said cross bar extending transversely between said lateral side rails, said third tubular arm disposed centrally between said pair of tubular arms in generally parallel spaced relation thereto such that two rows of said reusable shopping bags may be supported on, and suspended from, said bag support members of said forwardly extending tubular arms in a full open condition. 6. A reusable shopping bag and shopping cart system for use in containing and transporting items, comprising: a generally rectangular soft-sided expandable and collapsible reusable shopping bag having a bottom wall panel, opposed front and rear end wall panels, two laterally opposed side wall panels defining an open top end and an interior volume, said opposed front and rear end wall panels being of a width greater than the width of said laterally opposed side wall panels and to fit between laterally spaced apart support arms of a conventional plastic T-shirt bag holding rack, an elongate flexible loop carrying handle secured to an upper end portion of each of said opposed front and rear end wall panels for carrying said bag in the manner of a tote-type shopping bag, and a pair of looped support members one on each of said side wall panels at an upper end thereof configured to receive the laterally spaced apart support arms of the holding rack to support said shopping bag thereon in a fully open condition; anda shopping cart frame with a generally U-shaped lower portion supported on wheels, lateral side rails extending upwardly from a rear end of said lower portion, one or more cross bars extending transversely between said lateral side rails, a hand grip portion extending between upper ends of said side rails, and a tubular arm extending forwardly from an upper said cross bar extending transversely between said lateral side rails; anda plurality of bag support arms secured at back ends to opposite sides of said tubular arm in longitudinally spaced adjacent relation having outer ends extending outward therefrom in parallel spaced apart relation a distance sufficient to receive said looped support members of a respective said shopping bag to support said shopping bag thereon in a fully open condition;said looped support members on each of said side wall panels of said reusable shopping bag being removably placed on said bag support arms of said cart to support said shopping bag in a full open condition on said cart and, when removed therefrom, being removably placed on the laterally spaced apart support arms of the holding rack to support said shopping bag in a full open condition on the laterally spaced apart support arms of the holding rack.