ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,061, issued on March 25.
"Child standing platform for a shopping cart" was invented by Kim Danke (Battle Creek, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a releasably attached standing or level platform device for attachment to a wheeled shopping cart. The device has a generally level surface or trolley extension that releasably hooks onto a bottom of a shopping cart using a pair of hooks. The hooks are positioned at terminal ends of a rectangular U-shape arm that is attached to a telescoping arm. The U-shape arm is configured to be adjustable in width and the telescoping arm adjusts the height of the sta...