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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Friday December 4, 2026

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How old Shopping cart would be if it was invented on a different planet

Mercury

369.12 years

Venus

144.51 years

Mars

47.27 years

Jupiter

7.49 years

Saturn

3.02 years

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Shopping cart - Celebrations from his DOB

29 days from now, May 28, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 780,000 hours
36 days from now, June 4, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate 89^th birthday
77 days from now, July 15, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate 370^th Mercury age
97 days from now, August 4, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 1070 months
110 days from now, August 17, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate 145^th Venus age
165 days from now, October 11, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate 371^st Mercury age
167 days from now, October 13, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 47,000,000 minutes
219 days from now, December 3, 2026, Shopping cart celebrate 90^th half birthday
253 days from now, January 7, 2027, Shopping cart celebrate 372^nd Mercury age
335 days from now, March 30, 2027, Shopping cart celebrate 146^th Venus age

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