US 6,981,707 B1
Telescoping cover for shopping cart handle
Alexander W. Dandy, 4606 Sycamore Rd., Newport, Mich. 48166 (US)
Assigned to Alexander W. Dandy, Newport, Mich. (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/811,687.
Int. Cl. B62D 39/00 (2006.01); B65D 65/02 (2006.01); B60R 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—33.992 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telescoping protective cover for covering a shopping cart handle, comprising:
at least two elongated resilient tubular members, a first of said members having a first open end, a protuberance extending radially outwardly from said first end, an opposite second open end, a radially outwardly extending first stop being formed adjacent said second end, and a longitudinal slot extending a length of said first member; and
a second of said members having a first open end, a protuberance extending radially outwardly from said first end of said second member, an opposite second open end, a radially inwardly extending second stop being formed adjacent said second end of said second member, and a longitudinal slot extending a length of said second member,
wherein said second end of said first member is slidably received in said second end of said second member and said first stop cooperates with said second stop to prevent removal of said first member from said second member, whereby said first and second members telescope to correspond to a width of a shopping cart handle to be covered by the protective cover.