COLLAPSIBLE COMPARTMENT FOR A SHOPPING CART

The present invention relates to a collapsible compartment of a shopping car t. The collapsible compartment includes a swinging rear wall and fixed side walls o f the shopping cart and a pivoting assembly. The pivoting assembly comprises a pivoting base wall having a first edge for pivot connection to the swinging rear wall and a second edge opposite the first edge. It further comprises a pivoting front wall having a first edge for pivot connection between the side walls of the shopping car t, and a second edge, opposite the first edge thereof, pivotally connected to the second edge of the pivoting base wall. The compartment further includes a pivoting panel assembly having a panel pivotable between a first position where the panel rests over the base wall and a second position where the panel is covering leg holes in the swinging rear wall, and an out of reach spring element to urge the panel in the second position.