A shopping cart attachment is mounted to the handlebar of a shopping cart to facilitate fast and easy installation and removal of a multi-page booklet, such as may be used to provide advertisements and/or informational material to a customer. In addition, the attachment may include a raised ledge th
A shopping cart attachment is mounted to the handlebar of a shopping cart to facilitate fast and easy installation and removal of a multi-page booklet, such as may be used to provide advertisements and/or informational material to a customer. In addition, the attachment may include a raised ledge that may be used to retain a customer's mobile phone, tablet, shopping list, coupons and/or writing utensil while shopping.
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1. A shopping cart attachment, comprising: a body including a support surface;a frame extending around at least a portion of the support surface and separated from the support surface substantially along a first edge of the support surface by a slot, wherein the slot is configured to receive a multi
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A shopping cart attachment, comprising: a body including a support surface;a frame extending around at least a portion of the support surface and separated from the support surface substantially along a first edge of the support surface by a slot, wherein the slot is configured to receive a multi-page booklet to thereby retain the multi-page booklet with the multi-page booklet overlaying at least a portion of the support surface, wherein the slot is configured to receive a security tab of the multi-page booklet to thereby retain the multi-page booklet with at least one page of the multi-page booklet overlaying at least a portion of the support surface and the security tab deflected away from the at least one page and extending along an underside of the body, and wherein the slot is contiguous at least along a length corresponding to a width of the security tab; anda structure projecting from the support surface on the underside of the body proximate the slot to deflect the security tab of the multi-page booklet when the multi-page booklet is retained on the attachment. 2. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, wherein the security tab is secured to the at least one page along a binding, and wherein the binding is received within the slot such that the at least one page and the security tab are bound proximate the first edge of the support surface and extend on opposite sides of the support surface. 3. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, wherein the slot is contiguous at least along a length at least equal to a width of the multi-page booklet. 4. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, wherein the frame includes a second edge extending along the slot opposite the first edge of the support surface, wherein the second edge is separated from the first edge in a first direction transverse to a plane defined by the support surface, and is separated from the first edge in a second direction generally transverse to the slot and along the plane defined by the support surface, to permit the multi-page booklet to be inserted into and/or removed from the slot while oriented in a direction generally transverse to the plane defined by the support surface. 5. The shopping cart attachment of claim 4, wherein the first and second edges extend along a top side of the frame, and wherein the multi-page booklet is bound along a top edge thereof. 6. The shopping cart attachment of claim 5, further comprising a ledge coupled to a bottom side of the frame and configured to support one or more items when the shopping cart attachment is mounted on a shopping cart with the support surface oriented at an inclined angle. 7. The shopping cart attachment of claim 4, wherein the structure comprises a rib extending generally along the slot. 8. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, further comprising a clamp coupled on an underside of the body and configured to engage a binding of the multi-page booklet on an underside of the body. 9. The shopping cart attachment of claim 8, wherein the clamp is spring loaded. 10. The shopping cart attachment of claim 8, wherein the clamp is slidable generally in a direction between top and bottom sides of the frame. 11. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of pins configured to project through a plurality of cooperative holes in the multi-page booklet when the multi-page booklet is received in the slot to restrict removal of the multi-page booklet from the slot. 12. The shopping cart attachment of claim 11, wherein the plurality of pins are coupled to a clamp, and wherein the clamp is coupled to an underside of the body and movable to selectively withdraw the plurality of pins from the holes in the multi-page booklet to permit removal of the multi-page booklet from the slot. 13. The shopping cart attachment of claim 11, wherein the plurality of pins are coupled to a cover, wherein the frame includes a plurality of apertures, and wherein the cover is configured to overlay at least a portion of the frame with the pins projecting into the plurality of apertures and through the plurality of cooperative holes in the multi-page booklet when the multi-page booklet is received in the slot. 14. The shopping cart attachment of claim 11, wherein the frame includes first and second portions, wherein the plurality of pins are coupled to the first portion and the first portion is movable between first and second positions relative to the second portion, and wherein the first portion is configured to orient the plurality of pins to project through the plurality of cooperative holes in the multi-page booklet when the first portion is in the first position and the multi-page booklet is received in the slot. 15. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, further comprising left and right handles coupled to the body and configured to extend along a handlebar of a shopping cart. 16. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, further comprising a bracket including at least one hook configured to engage with a catch defined on an underside of the body, the bracket configured to circumscribe a handlebar of a shopping cart to secure the body to the shopping cart. 17. The shopping cart attachment of claim 1, further comprising an informational sheet mounted on the support surface. 18. The shopping cart attachment of claim 17, wherein the informational sheet extends at least partially into the slot. 19. The shopping cart attachment of claim 17, wherein the informational sheet is unobstructed by the multi-page booklet when each page of the multi-page booklet that extends over a top side of the support surface is lifted off of the support surface. 20. A shopping cart, comprising a handlebar and the shopping cart attachment of claim 1 mounted to the handlebar. 21. A combination shopping cart attachment and multi-page booklet, comprising: a body including a support surface, the body configured to mount to a shopping cart handlebar; a frame extending around the support surface and separated from the support surface substantially along a first edge of the support surface by a contiguous slot; anda multi-page booklet received in the slot and overlaying at least a portion of the support surface, the multi-page booklet including a plurality of pages and a security tab bound together along a binding, wherein the binding is received in the slot and the security tab is deflected away from the plurality of pages and extends along an underside of the body. 22. A method of securing a multi-page booklet onto a shopping cart attachment mounted to a shopping cart handlebar, wherein the multi-page booklet includes a security tab and at least one page bound together along a binding, the method comprising: inserting the binding of the multi-page booklet into a contiguous slot defined on a body of the shopping cart attachment, wherein the slot extends along a first edge of a support surface of the body and separates the support surface from a frame that extends around at least a portion of the support surface; andafter the multi-page booklet is inserted into the slot such that a distal edge of the security tab has passed the first edge of the support surface, withdrawing the multi-page booklet from the slot with the security tab extending on an underside of the body and deflected away from the at least one page of the multi-page booklet, and with the at least one page of the multi-page booklet overlaying at least a portion of the support surface. 23. The method of claim 22, further comprising removing the multi-page booklet from the shopping cart attachment by thereafter inserting the booklet further into the slot until the distal edge of the security tab has passed the first edge of the support surface and the security tab is no longer deflected away from the at least one page of the multi-page booklet.
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