If you shop at the grocery store, handling the shopping cart might be concerning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
So an Arizona woman invented a cover for shopping carts to help guard against spreading the coronavirus. Frames
Andi Barness-Rubin, a mother of three, invented a giant bag called CartSafe.
"Me and my friends were kind of joking around that everyone keeps saying it looks like a condom for a shopping cart, so my new thing is safe shopping, right?" Barness-Rubin said. "I was always one of those people who wiped down at least the handle of the shopping cart when I would go grocery shopping, but once COVID hit, I kind of started freaking out about everything that I touch."
In March, the idea to make the CartSafe cover came to her and she brought it to the market in August.
"CartSafe is a recyclable, disposable and even a reusable shopping cart liner that protects the outside of the cart, the inside of the cart. It protects the handle and the child-seat area," Barness-Rubin said.
The liner has holes for a child's feet to fit through. The liners come in a package of 10 for $19.99. When done with the liner, the user can disinfect it and save it for another use.
Water Bore Screens "I know it's going to protect a lot of people from all the germs and viruses out there," Barness-Rubin said.