ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. D1,119,154, issued on March 17, was assigned to TARGET BRANDS INC. (Minneapolis).

"Shopping cart" was invented by Sara 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.).

The patent was filed on May 16, 2025, under Application No. D/004,195.

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