US Patent Issued to TARGET BRANDS on Feb. 17 for "Shopping cart gate with child seat and assemblies thereof" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,433, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TARGET BRANDS INC (Minneapolis).

"Shopping cart gate with child seat and assemblies thereof" was invented by Sara L. Pedersen (Minneapolis), Alex K. Poniatowski (New Hope, Minn.), Hermann Eichele (Leipheim, Germany), Stefan Remmele (Offingen, Germany), Dieter Stockle (Landensberg, Germany), Thomas Gasche (Leipheim, Germany), Peter Irlbacher (Schwarzenfeld, Germany), Johann Daminger (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and William Kiser (Lincolnton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shopping cart includes a wheeled base, two support masts, a basket, and a gate. The two support masts are coupled to and extend ...