ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,245, issued on June 24.
"Shopping game" was invented by Christina Reed (Anchorage, Alaska).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game that uses the Mini Brands type toys as part of a shopping game. The game comes with: a supply of mini branded package type toys, 6 mini shopping baskets, a timer capable of displaying the time remaining and making noise at the end of time, and of counting the following times (controlled by a player: 1 minute 15 seconds, 30 seconds, and 15 seconds), 14 Shopping list Cards 14 egg must buy cards, 14 milk must buy cards, 10 bread must buy cards, a 20"x20" snappable/foldable game mat, and 6 different colored dry ...