ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,921, issued on July 28, was assigned to TARGET BRANDS INC (Minneapolis).
"Shopping cart with lifting fender" 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 for use in forming a horizontal stack of shopping carts that includes a support frame, a basket, and a lifting fender. The support frame i...