[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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