Shopping cart device

1. A sheet dispenser and shopping cart combination, comprising:

a housing having a top wall and a bottom wall and defining a cavity between said top and bottom walls, said cavity having a periphery;

a plurality of similarly-shaped sheets stacked on top of each other and received in said cavity;

said top wall including a top surface at a first elevation defining an opening large enough to receive a human finger for removing sheets from the cavity;

a side surface substantially surrounding the periphery of said cavity and projecting downwardly from said top surface;

a flange projecting outwardly from said side surface along a rear side portion, a front side portion, a left side portion, and a right side portion parallel to said top surface at an elevation substantially below the first elevation and forming an outermost edge of said housing, wherein said flange surrounds the periphery of said cavity;

wherein said housing is a unitary piece which folds onto itself, between an open position and a closed position;

a body including a backplate having a periphery;

a frame surrounding the periphery of said backplate and defining a lip spaced above said backplate, said frame defining at least one pair of opposed discontinuities to facilitate the insertion of an object having a generally planar periphery onto said backplate and underneath said lip;

wherein at least three of said side portions of said flange extend underneath said lip and said bottom wall rests on said backplate;

left and right handles rigidly secured to and projecting outwardly from said body;

a shopping cart including a handlebar, wherein said left and right handles rest on and are secured to the handlebar, and wherein said handles are located such that a shopper may grasp the handles to push the shopping cart; and further comprising a generally planar member extending underneath said lip and on top of the fourth of said side portions.

2. A sheet dispenser and shopping cart combination as recited in claim 1 , wherein said generally planar member is a magazine including a back and a plurality of flip-up pages bound together along a spine.

3. A sheet dispenser and shopping cart combination as recited in claim 2 , wherein said back of said magazine is transparent.

4. A sheet dispenser and shopping cart combination as recited in claim 3 , and further comprising a printed display card secured to said backplate and lying between said transparent back and said backplate.