[internetworkers] first shopping cart

Robert Weeks robert at woozy.com
Thu Sep 26 10:37:46 EDT 2002


> Actually, I was hoping this discussion was about
> the first non-electronic shopping cart (you know,
> the ones with wheels).  Any idea when those came to be? =-)

That one is easier to answer:

Sylvan Goldman invented the first shopping cart in 1936. Sylvan owned a
chain of  Oklahoma City grocery stores called Standard/Piggly-Wiggly. He
invented the first shopping cart by adding two wire basket and wheels to a
folding chair. Goldman, together with mechanic Fred Young, later designed a
dedicated shopping cart and formed the Folding Carrier Co. to manufacture
the carts.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blshopping.htm

Ah, the good old days......

Robert





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