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US 1,114,451 · App. 29/857,763 · Granted Feb 17, 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, NC)
Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
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Patent No.
US 1,114,451
App. No.
29/857,763
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a shopping cart as shown and described.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2025
From: PEDERSEN, SARA L.; PONIATOWSKI, ALEX K.
To: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071977/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2025
From: TECHNIBUILT, LTD. DBA WANZL NORTH AMERICA
To: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071977/0582 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2025
From: KISER, WILLIAM
To: TECHNIBUILT, LTD. DBA WANZL NORTH AMERICA
Reel/Frame 072389/0285 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2025
From: EICHELE, HERMANN; REMMELE, STEFAN; STÖCKLE, DIETER; GASCHE, THOMAS; IRLBACHER, PETER; DAMINGER, JOHANN
To: TECHNIBUILT, LTD. DBA WANZL NORTH AMERICA
Reel/Frame 071977/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: PEDERSEN, SARA L.; PONIATOWSKI, ALEX K.
To: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068489/0067 →
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