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FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:
Gary A. Smith for the Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention
Shopping Cart–Related Injuries to Children
Pediatrics 2006; 118: e540-e544 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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ken waugh   (8 August 2006)

shopping cart design 8 August 2006
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ken waugh,
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Re: shopping cart design

cbminfo{at}toast.net ken waugh

They've had the perfect design for decades. Take a look at NASCAR. The cart itself is already a full body cage with rollbars. The PLACEMENT of the CHILD outside and on top of the rollbar cage is the poor design.

A padded seat on the lower tray of the cart [flotation or padded seat device at any K-Mart] with straps to hold padding in place. Possibly padding above the head also in the lower tray. Remove Child seat. And Enclose the lower tray. If it tips, only thing damaged would be food in top tray. Or anyone in the way of the falling cart. Course if you have a child inside the lower tray, center of gravity would make tipping much harder.

Even better than the car design in front of the cart. Childs only partially enclosed. Turn the entire cart into a NASCAR with the child driver enclosed UNDER the top tray and enclosed.

Add theft devices to signal when the cart leaves the parking lot.

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