US Patent Issued to Rubbermaid Commercial Products on March 18 for "Bumpers for carts" (North Carolina, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,168, issued on March 18, was assigned to Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC (Atlanta).

"Bumpers for carts" was invented by Hillary A. Pullen (Charlotte, N.C.), Ryan M. Baker (Charlotte, N.C.), Jeffrey S. Bertucci (Denver, N.C.) and Earle Cramer (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cart bumpers and carts including cart bumpers are described. In one example, a cart bumper can include an outer contact wall, an inner rim that defines an inner surface, where the inner surface comprises recesses, a number of spokes extending between the inner rim and the outer contact wall, a mounting ring that defines an outer surface, where th...