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US 1,119,154 · App. 30/004,195 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Shopping cart

Inventors: Sara 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 1,119,154
App. No.
30/004,195
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

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

Continuity (1)
Division 29857743 · Oct 25, 2022
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