Basket

Abstract

A basket for public use includes a substantially upright tapered body for repeatedly moving purchasable items within a store; the body includes an interior space and an open top; the open top permits access to the interior for placing the plurality of purchasable items in the interior. Wheels allow rolling the basket within the store and a telescoping handle provided on a face of the body rollingly pulls the basket. A like-basket is nestable in the basket in a first and a second position; eg the telescoping handles are proximate to each other or the telescoping handles are distal from each other.

1 . A basket for public use, the basket comprising:
 a substantially upright tapered body for repeatedly moving a plurality of purchasable items within a store, the body comprising an interior space and having an open top; the open top for permitting easy access to the interior for placing the plurality of purchasable items in the interior;   a plurality of wheels for rolling the basket within the store;   a telescoping handle provided on a face of the body for rollingly pulling the basket on the plurality of wheels, the handle being customizable to a preferred height of a user;   wherein a like-basket is nestable in the basket in a first and a second position, the first position being one wherein the telescoping handles are proximate to each other, the second position being one wherein the telescoping handles are distal from each other.   
   
   
       2 . The basket of  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a floor, the wheels being disposed at an edge of the floor proximate to the telescoping handle. 
   
   
       3 . The basket of  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a plurality of incuts. 
   
   
       4 . The basket of  claim 1 , wherein the telescoping handle is stored flush with a rim of the body. 
   
   
       5 . The basket of  claim 1 , further comprising a hinged handle for carrying the basket. 
   
   
       6 . The basket of  claim 5 , wherein the hinged handle is stored flush with a rim of the body. 
   
   
       7 . The basket of  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a floor and a plurality of openings provided substantially in the floor, the plurality of openings for passing dirt accumulated on the plurality of wheels of the like-basket. 
   
   
       8 . The basket of  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of openings is disposed such that the dirt is passed when the like-basket is nested in the basket in the first and the second position. 
   
   
       9 . A basket for moving purchasable goods in a store, the basket comprising,
 an angled front wall, an angled rear wall, and a pair of angled sidewalls,   a pair of wheels for rolling the basket;   a telescoping user-adjustable handle disposed in the rear wall,   a rim defining an open top and connecting the front wall, the rear wall, and the side walls;   wherein the telescoping handle tilts the basket into a rolling position;   wherein a like-basket is nestable in the basket in a first and a second stored position, the first stored position being one wherein the rear walls are proximate to each other, the second stored position being one wherein the rear walls are distal from each other.   
   
   
       10 . The basket of  claim 9 , wherein the telescoping handle is stored flush with the rim. 
   
   
       11 . The basket of  claim 9 , further comprising a floor and a plurality of openings provided substantially in the floor, the plurality of openings for passing dirt accumulated on the plurality of wheels of the like-basket. 
   
   
       12 . The basket of  claim 9 , further comprising a hinged handle for carrying the basket. 
   
   
       13 . The basket of  claim 12 , wherein the hinged handle is stored flush with the rim. 
   
   
       14 . A basket for public use, the basket comprising:
 a body made of a durable material, the body comprising a rim, an open top, and a floor;   a telescoping handle for placing the body in an angled position;   a plurality of wheels for rolling the body once the body is placed in an angled position;   wherein a like-basket is nestable in the basket in a first and a second stored position, the first stored position being one wherein the telescoping handles are proximate to each other, the second stored position being one wherein the telescoping handles are distal from each other.   
   
   
       15 . The basket of  claim 14 , wherein the telescoping handle is stored flush with the rim. 
   
   
       16 . The basket of  claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of openings provided substantially in the floor, the plurality of openings for passing dirt accumulated on the plurality of wheels of the like-basket. 
   
   
       17 . The basket of  claim 14 , further comprising a hinged handle for carrying the basket. 
   
   
       18 . The basket of  claim 17 , wherein the hinged handle is stored flush with the rim.