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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Target Brands, Inc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sara L. Pedersen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Alex K. Poniatowski, New Hope, MN (US);
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 (US);
TARGET BRANDS, INC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A shopping cart is configured to roll along a supporting surface and includes a chassis, a basket, a rear leg, a rear wheel, and a rotational brake. The basket is supported above the chassis. The rear leg extends downwardly from the chassis. The rear wheel is rotatably coupled to the rear leg and is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The rear wheel defines an outside perimeter configured to contact and roll along the supporting surface. A rotational brake is coupled to the rear leg and extending radially away from the rotational axis in a rearward and downward direction beyond an outside perimeter of the rear wheel. The rotational brake is configured to impede rotation of the chassis and the basket about the rotational axis.