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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
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 for use in forming a horizontal stack of shopping carts that includes a support frame, a basket, and a lifting fender. The support frame includes a chassis and support masts extending substantially vertically from the chassis. The chassis is coupled to front wheels and rear wheels and includes a rear cross bar extending across the chassis. The basket is supported by the support masts over the chassis and defines a compartment. The lifting fender is formed separately from the support frame and is selectively coupled to an underside of the rear cross bar. The lifting fender defines a lift section extending below the rear cross bar and defines a bottom surface configured to be the initial contact point for a second, rear shopping cart when the horizontal stack of shopping carts is formed decreasing contact between the second, rear shopping cart and the rear cross bar.