Shopping cart

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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a shopping cart showing our design;

FIG. 2 is a front end view thereof, as taken from the left end of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear end view thereof, as taken from the right end of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof (the side views are mirror images of one another);

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The cross-hatching shading is fragmentarily shown for convenience of illustration, it being understood that the cross-hatching is uniformly continued over the surface on which it appears.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D685561
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 10, 2011
Date of Patent: Jul 2, 2013
Assignee: Retail Design Services, LLC (Northfield, MN)
Inventors: Jonathon A. Fredendall (Buffalo, MN), John Robert Ebling (Northfield, MN), Jay Robert Stemler (Elk River, MN), Gary Robert Ebling (Northfield, MN)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia Ramirez
Application Number: 29/406,238
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Stable (4) (D34/17)