Yes. The shopping cart was invented in 1936 by Sylvan Goldman, who patented and introduced them to his Humpty Dumpty grocery chain in Oklahoma the following year.   The proliferation of the refrigerator, supermarkets, and car culture meant that shoppers were hauling more food ho me. Having noticed that women stopped shopping when their baskets became too full or heavy, Goldman and employee Fred W. Young designed his shopping cart – a basket mounted on a folding chair frame on wheels, with a lower deck and basket. In the local newspaper, Goldman promised his customers would “need not lift a basket or bag” from the time they entered his store until they returned to their cars.  Despite this, Goldman had to hire models to use his carts before they caught on; men found it effeminate and women disliked its resemblance to strollers. In 1946, Missourian Orla Watson developed similar telescoping carts that could nest inside each other. This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one. Oklahoma Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sources Oklahoma Historical Society The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – GOLDMAN, SYLVAN NATHAN (1898–1984)Patent Images 1499068606316682153-02155896Britannica Today in History—June 4: The Debut of the Shopping CartThe History Channel How the Shopping Cart Went From Failure to FixtureNewspapers.com The First Shopping Cart The post Was the shopping cart invented in Oklahoma in 1937? appeared first on Oklahoma Watch. ...read more read less