Shopping cart

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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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Mercury

364.23 years

Venus

142.59 years

Mars

46.64 years

Jupiter

7.39 years

Saturn

2.98 years

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42 days from now, April 6, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 770,000 hours
67 days from now, May 1, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 365^th Mercury age
91 days from now, May 25, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 143^rd Venus age
101 days from now, June 4, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 88^th birthday
155 days from now, July 28, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 366^th Mercury age
158 days from now, August 1, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 4,600 weeks
223 days from now, October 4, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 1060 months
227 days from now, October 8, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 3^rd Saturn age
243 days from now, October 24, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 367^th Mercury age
246 days from now, October 27, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 47^th Mars age

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