Shopping cart

- Target Brands, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a shopping cart according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a shopping cart, according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design and a dashed box identifying a portion of shopping cart illustrated in FIG. 2A.

FIG. 2A is an enlarged front view of a portion of the shopping cart shown in the dashed box of FIG. 2, according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of a shopping cart, according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of a shopping cart, according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 5 is a top view of a shopping cart, according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of a shopping cart, according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view of a shopping cart, according to an embodiment of the invention, with elements in dashed lines forming no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a shopping cart, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D540998
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 6, 2006
Date of Patent: Apr 17, 2007
Assignee: Target Brands, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventors: William D. Splain (Brooklyn Park, MN), Robert D. Peota (Minneapolis, MN), Alexandre Hennen (Cambridge, MA), Allan Cameron (Natick, MA), Mark T. Ryan (Haskell, OK), David L. Pruitt, Jr. (Brookland, AR)
Primary Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Assistant Examiner: Kevin K. Rudzinski
Attorney: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC
Application Number: 29/267,189
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Stable (4) (D34/17)