ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,295, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to THE ONDRASIK FAMILY (Commerce, Calif.).
"Shopping cart with telescopic front basket" was invented by V. John Ondrasik Jr. (Granada Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shopping cart having a main basket with an upper rim extending therearound and a telescoping basket positioned in a front portion of the main basket. The telescoping basket includes: (a) a front portion attached to the front of the main basket below the upper rim, and (b) a rear portion slidably attached to the front portion, wherein the rear portion is slidably moveable between a retracted position and an extended posi...