US Patent Issued to MAENHOUT on April 1 for "Collapsible shopping trolley with auxiliary electric motor" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,877, issued on April 1, was assigned to MAENHOUT (Bruges, Belgium).

"Collapsible shopping trolley with auxiliary electric motor" was invented by Philippe Maenhout (Bruges, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic cart includes a frame, an electrically powered rotary motor, a rechargeable battery, and an electrical charging plug-in. The frame comprise a container with an open top end, a bottom end defining the floor, opposite side walls, and a rear wall with an opposite front wall. The container is foldable and has at least one wheel at the front. The frame has at least two wheels at the bottom thereof and a handlebar havi...