Claims
- 1. A single use, integral shopping cart handle cover and child entertainment device, formed from a single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, said cardboard having sections, comprising:
- two substantially rectangular handle attachment segments, each formed by folding a section of said single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard; said handle attachment segments having a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent with two opposed side edges, namely a first side edge being a fold of said single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard and a second side edge being a free side edge, and a serrated bottom edge, the serrated bottom edge allowing for extension of the handle attachment segment perpendicular to the otherwise planar, remaining section of said single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, and a top edge being a free edge; each of said handle attachment segments having a circular void and at least one slit from the free side edge to the circular void to allow the attachment to and quick detachment of said integral shopping cart handle cover and child entertainment device from the shopping cart handle, whereby the shopping cart handle is placed within the circular voids; and
- a planar child entertainment area being the remaining section of said single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, and being integral with the handle attachment segments, having a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent with two transversely extending free edges, and two longitudinally extending edges, the longitudinally extending edges being partially joined to the handle attachment segments perpendicularly extending from the child entertainment area and integral to the child entertainment area, the transverse extent of the child entertainment area being sufficiently large to fix the child entertainment area during usage by leaning it against the wire rim of the rear portion of the shopping cart.
- 2. A single use, integral shopping cart handle cover and child entertainment device, formed from a single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, as recited in claim 1, including at least one drawing instrument holder formed within the child entertainment area and being integral with it.
- 3. A single use, integral shopping cart handle cover and child entertainment device, formed from a single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, as recited in claim 2, including a drawing instrument supported in said drawing instrument holder, wherein the drawing instrument is selected from the group consisting of a crayon, a pencil, a pen, and a piece of chalk.
- 4. A single use, integral shopping cart handle cover and child entertainment device, formed from a single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, as recited in claim 1, wherein said child entertainment area provides a top board cut-out including a plurality of see-through windows, and a support backing attached thereto, allowing the insertion of bingo markers or coupons between the top board cut-out and the support backing.
- 5. An unfolded, single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, forming, when folded, a disposable single-use shopping cart handle cover and child entertainment device, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular and planar, single blank of cardboard having a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent with two longitudinally extending free side edges, namely the first side edge and the second side edge, having a transversely extending free top edge and a transversely extending free bottom edge;
- said planar, single blank of cardboard having two circular voids, namely the first circular void and the second circular void, the radius of the first circular void and the second circular void slightly exceeding the radius of the cross-sectional area of a shopping cart handle, the first circular void being placed near the first side edge and near the top edge and the second circular void being placed near the second side edge and near the top edge;
- said planar, single blank of cardboard having an imprint of two marked fold lines, namely the first marked fold line and the second marked fold line, the first marked fold line extending from the top edge, passing the first circular void at a narrow distance and ending a narrow distance below the maximum extension of the first circular void in the direction to the bottom edge of said planar, single blank of cardboard, the second marked fold line extending from the top edge, passing the second circular void at a narrow distance and ending a narrow distance below the maximum extension of the second circular void in the direction to the bottom edge of said planar, single blank of cardboard;
- said planar, single blank of cardboard having two serrated cuts, namely the first serrated cut and the second serrated cut, the first serrated cut being substantially parallel to the top edge of said planar, single blank of cardboard and extending from the first side edge up to the end of the first marked fold line, the second serrated cut being substantially parallel to the top edge of said planar, single blank of cardboard and extending from the second side edge up to the end of the second marked fold line; and
- said planar, single blank of cardboard having two slits, the first slit connecting the first side edge to the first circular void and the second slit connecting the second side edge to the second circular void.
- 6. An unfolded, single piece, planar, foldable blank of cardboard, forming, when folded, a disposable single-use shopping cart handle cover and child entertainment device, as recited in claim 5, further comprising:
- at least one crossed slit within said blank of cardboard, the crossed slit creating, when pushed inwardly, an opening that tightly engages the circumference of a drawing instrument.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/771,633 filed Oct. 4, 1991, abandoned.
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