ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,853, issued on Sept. 23.
"Personal shopping cart and method of use" was invented by Jason Gardner (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shopping cart basket comprises one or more modular baskets couplable to a bottom basket having a plurality of wheels extending downwardly to allow the shopping cart basket to roll. Each of the modular baskets has a foldable bottom wall that can act as a bottom of a separate basket or can be folded against a side wall of the modular basket. The modular baskets could be used to hold items within a smaller compartment, and can be combined with the bottom basket to form a roll-able shopping cart...