Shopping cart

Invented on

Age

Friday June 4, 1937

years

months

days

Next birthday in

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

Half birthday

Next half birthday falls on

Wednesday December 4, 2024

It is going to happen in

Age in different time units

Planet Age

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

Mercury

360.71 years

Venus

141.21 years

Mars

46.19 years

Jupiter

7.32 years

Saturn

2.95 years

Celebrate NOW

Shopping cart - Celebrations from his DOB

25 days from now, May 14, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate 361^st Mercury age
46 days from now, June 4, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate 87^th birthday
113 days from now, August 10, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate 362^nd Mercury age
176 days from now, October 12, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate 142^nd Venus age
201 days from now, November 6, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate 363^rd Mercury age
213 days from now, November 18, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 46,000,000 minutes
229 days from now, December 3, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate 88^th half birthday
229 days from now, December 4, 2024, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 1050 months
269 days from now, January 13, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 32,000 days
289 days from now, February 2, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate 364^th Mercury age
352 days from now, April 6, 2025, Shopping cart celebrate exactly 770,000 hours

‹
›