Granted Patent
S1
US 1,113,049 · App. 29/964,488 · Granted Feb 10, 2026
Shopping cart
Inventors:
Sara L. Pedersen (Minneapolis, MN); Alex K. Poniatowski (New Hope, MN); Hermann Eichele (Leipheim, DE); Stefan Remmele (Offingen, DE); Dieter Stöckle (Landensberg, DE); Thomas Gasche (Leipheim, DE); Peter Irlbacher (Schwarzenfeld, DE); Johann Daminger (Neu-Ulm, DE); William Kiser (Lincolnton, MN)
Assignee:
TARGET BRANDS, INC.
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Claims (1)
The ornamental design for a shopping cart as shown and described.
Continuity (1)
Division
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