ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,489, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TARGET BRANDS INC (Minneapolis).
"Shopping cart with bag support system" was invented by Sara L. Pedersen (Minneapolis), Alex K. Poniatowski (New Hope, Minn.), Hermann Eichele (Leipheim, Germany), Stefan Remmele (Offingen, Germany), Dieter Stockle (Landensberg, Germany), Thomas Gasche (Leipheim, Germany), Peter Irlbacher (Schwarzenfeld, Germany), Johann Daminger (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and William Kiser (Lincolnton, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shopping cart includes a wheeled base and a basket. The basket is supported above a wheeled base and includes a hook. The basket defines a compartme...