Shopping cart

Picture of Shopping cart,  Wheeled cart supplied by a shop or store
Invented on
Age
 Friday June 4, 1937
87
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18
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Basic information

AKA
Shopping trolley, buggy
Category
inventions
Country
United States
Description
Wheeled cart supplied by a shop or store

One of the most successful marketing inventions of the 20th century

Invention of Sylvan Goldman, owner of the Humpty Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma

First shopping cart was a metal frame that held two wire baskets. He had a bigger basket made and put it on wheels.

The cart was awarded patent on April 9, 1940 (Filing date: March 14, 1938)

Another shopping cart innovator was Orla Watson, who invented the swinging rear door in 1946 to save space without disassembly after each use.

Telescope Cart. The rear of the cart swings forward when a cart is shoved into it, hence the nesting feature.

Find more information about Shopping cart on Wikipedia

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How old Shopping cart would be if it was invented on a different planet
Mercury
363.17 years
Venus
142.18 years
Mars
46.51 years
Jupiter
7.37 years
Saturn
2.97 years
 
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