Shopping cart retainer

Abstract

A holder for individual shopping carts by means of nesting the front wheels of the shopping cart within a confined physical barrier. The holder is fastened to the parking lot surface consisting of an entrance or front inclined ramp an exit or nesting area ramp. The front wheels of the shopping cart drop into a holding or nesting area presenting a four-sided vertical walled physical barrier including one side exit ramp. Once placed within this physical barrier this device would prevent the front wheels of the cart from rolling, voluntary, outside the confines of the barriers presented by this nesting area.

1 . A shopping system comprising: 
 a low profile individual shopping cart holding device having an area that nests the front wheels of an individual shopping cart, holding the individual cart in a fixed position by means of a vertical walled section an entrance ramp and an exit ramp; and with predrilled holes to securely fasten the device to the surface of a store parking area, two additional holes are predrilled and counter sunk into the front entrance ramp of the device used also to securely fasten the device to the surface of a store parking lot.    
   
   
       2 . The system set forth in  claim 1  wherein the three sides of the nesting area are of low profile to be non-obstructive to vehicular or pedestrian traffic but substantial and high enough to prevent the front wheels of all commonly used shopping carts from rolling beyond the enclosed nesting area provided by this barrier.  
   
   
       3 . The system set forth in  claim 1  wherein the entrance ramp is at a lower specific angle and elevation rise to allow with ease of motion and force to push the cart up and over the ramp section allowing the cart to drop down the exit ramp which is of greater angle to hold more securely the wheels of the shopping cart into the nesting area.  
   
   
       4 . The system set forth in  claim 3  wherein the entrance ramp is of wider dimension at the front section where the front wheels of the shopping cart first engage the entrance ramp also a tapered vertical edge on the sides of the entrance ramp that will help to guide the front wheels of the shopping cart up and into the nesting area.  
   
   
       5 . The system set forth in  claim 3  wherein the exit ramp which makes up one side of the four sided nesting area is at an incline to prevent the normal rolling of the shopping cart from exiting the nesting area but will be of correct angle and elevation to allow the shopping cart when pulled by a customer to exit the nesting area with ease.  
   
   
       6 . The system set forth in  claim 1  wherein the entrance ramp front surface width will be wider then tapered through to the nesting area allowing for the successful entry of the wheels into the nesting area even if the cart may not be perfectly in alignment with the approach to the shopping cart holding device.  
   
   
       7 . The system set forth in  claim 1  wherein the two ramps and the walled nesting area are comprised of non-corrosive material and of sufficient thickness to be sturdy withstanding the weight of a vehicle.