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A collapsible shopping cart including a collapsible wheeled chassis and a cargo basket mounted thereto. The chassis has a pair of right and left side front and rear beams pivotably attached to a cargo basket floor panel which, in turn, is surrounded with a pair of longitudinal side wall panels, a fr

A collapsible shopping cart including a collapsible wheeled chassis and a cargo basket mounted thereto. The chassis has a pair of right and left side front and rear beams pivotably attached to a cargo basket floor panel which, in turn, is surrounded with a pair of longitudinal side wall panels, a front wall panel, and a rear panel hingedly attached on a bottom to the floor panel. Each of the front beams extend rearwardly beyond the rear panel and has a distal handle. The rear beams extend forwardly and attach at one end to a rear axle and at the other end to the floor panel. Each longitudinal side wall panel and the floor panel have extension portions extending beyond the rear panel. A maneuvering wheel is disposed on a distal end of the floor panel extension portion floor panel to roll the shopping cart into a vehicle's cargo area.

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1. A collapsible shopping cart comprising: a chassis comprising: a front axle having a pair of front wheels distally disposed thereon;a rear axle disposed parallel to the front axle, the rear axle having a pair of rear wheels distally disposed thereon;a telescopic right side front beam extending rea

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A collapsible shopping cart comprising: a chassis comprising: a front axle having a pair of front wheels distally disposed thereon;a rear axle disposed parallel to the front axle, the rear axle having a pair of rear wheels distally disposed thereon;a telescopic right side front beam extending rearwardly from the front axle;a telescopic left side front beam extending rearwardly from the front axle, wherein each of the right side front beam and the left side front beam has an outer end;a handle disposed on the outer end of each of the right side front beam and the left side front beam;a telescopic right side rear beam extending forwardly from the rear axle;a telescopic left side rear beam extending forwardly from the rear axle;a cargo basket mounted on the chassis and being configured to store one or more items therein, the cargo basket having a substantially rectangular floor panel having a right side and a left side, the floor panel surrounded by a pair of substantially rectangular longitudinal side wall panels, a transverse rear panel, and a transverse front wall panel, the rear panel being hingedly attached to the floor panel at a bottom edge of the rear panel, wherein the hinged attachment of the rear panel to the floor panel is configured to permit the rear panel to swing downwardly into a position at least coplanar with the floor panel, each of the longitudinal side wall panels having an extension portion extending from the floor panel rearwardly beyond the rear panel, the extension portion having a rear end, wherein each of the right side rear beam and the left side rear beam extends from the rear axle to one of a pair of first pivot pins on each of the right side and the left side of the floor panel proximal the front wall panel;a pair of front support beams, each of the pair of front support beams having a lower end pivotably disposed on the right side front beam and the left side front beam in a position proximal the front axle, and an upper end pivotably disposed on the right side and left side of the floor panel in a position proximal the front wall panel;a crossbeam connecting the right side rear beam and the left side rear beam together in a position proximal the respective one of the pair of first pivot pins;a pair of extension members of the floor panel disposed on a lower side of the extension portion of each of the longitudinal side wall panels, each of the pair of extension members having an outward bend extending rearwardly therefrom and a distal end, wherein each of the right side front beam and the left side front beam extends from the front axle to a position proximal the rear end of the extension portion of the respective one of the longitudinal side wall panels;a pair of maneuvering wheels, one of the pair of maneuvering wheels disposed on the distal end of a respective one of the pair of extension members. 2. The collapsible shopping cart of claim 1 wherein the floor panel is formed of a plurality of rigid tubular members arranged in a lattice configuration. 3. The collapsible shopping cart of claim 2 wherein each of the longitudinal side wall panels and the respective extension portion has a continuous external frame and a plurality of rails longitudinally disposed from a forward end of the respective one of the longitudinal side wall panels to the rear end of the respective extension portion. 4. The collapsible shopping cart of claim 2 wherein the rear panel has an exterior frame with a plurality of vertical rail members disposed within the exterior frame and the front wall panel has a plurality of bars horizontally disposed between and connecting the longitudinal side wall panels. 5. A collapsible shopping cart comprising: a chassis comprising: a front axle having a pair of front wheels distally disposed thereon;a rear axle parallel to the front axle, the rear axle having a pair of rear wheels distally disposed thereon;a telescopic right side front beam extending rearwardly from the front axle;a telescopic left side front beam extending rearwardly from the front axle, each of the right and left side front beams having an outer end;a handle disposed on the outer end of each of the right and left side front beams;a telescopic right side rear beam extending forwardly from the rear axle;a telescopic left side rear beam extending forwardly from the rear axle;a cargo basket mounted on the chassis and being configured to store one or more items therein, the cargo basket having a substantially rectangular floor panel having a right side and a left side, the floor panel surrounded by a pair of substantially rectangular longitudinal side wall panels, a transverse rear panel, and a transverse front wall panel, the rear panel being hingedly attached to the floor panel at a bottom edge of the rear panel, wherein the hinged attachment of the rear panel to the floor panel is configured to permit the rear panel to swing downwardly into a position at least coplanar with the floor panel, each of the longitudinal side wall panels having an extension portion extending from the floor panel rearwardly beyond the rear panel, the extension portion having a rear end, wherein each of the right side rear beam and the left side rear beam extends from the rear axle to a respective one of a pair of first pivot pins on the respective right side and left side of the floor panel proximal the front wall panel;a pair of front support beams, each front support beam a lower end pivotably disposed on the right side front beam and the left side front beam in a position proximal the front axle and an upper end pivotably disposed on the right side and the left side of the floor panel in a position proximal the front wall panel;a crossbeam connecting the right side rear beam and the left side rear beam together in a position proximal the respective one of the pair of first pivot pins;a pair of extension members of the floor panel disposed on a lower side of the extension portion of each of the longitudinal side wall panels, each of the pair of extension members having an outward bend extending rearwardly therefrom and a distal end, wherein each of the right side front beam and the left side front beam extends from the front axle to a position at least the rear end of the extension portion of the respective one of the longitudinal side wall panels;a pair of maneuvering wheels, one of the pair of maneuvering wheels disposed on the distal end of a respective one of the pair of extension members;wherein the floor panel is formed of a plurality of rigid tubular members arranged in a lattice configuration;wherein each of the longitudinal side wall panels and the respective extension portion has a continuous external frame and a plurality of rails longitudinally disposed from a forward end of the respective one of the longitudinal side wall panels to the rear end of the respective extension portion; andwherein the rear panel has an exterior frame with a plurality of vertical rail members disposed within the exterior frame and the front wall panel has a plurality of bars horizontally disposed between and connecting the longitudinal side wall panels.