Utility cart

A utility cart comprising:

• an upwardly extending frame;
• a pair of wheels journaled on the lower end of the frame at opposite sides of the frame for rotation about an axis extending transversely of the frame;
• a bed pivoted adjacent one of its ends on the frame at the lower end of the frame for swinging about an axis generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheels between an extended position in which the bed extends generally perpendicularly from the frame in a generally horizontal direction constituting the forward direction, and an upright position in which the bed extends upwardly alongside the frame;
• support means at said one end of the bed adapted to extend forwardly from the bed when the later is in its upright position for supporting an object to be carried on the cart;
• legs at the other end of the bed for supporting the bed in its extended position and adapted to extend forwardly from the bed when the bed is in its upright position;
• and
• means for selectively locking the bed to the frame in its extended and upright positions,
• said frame comprising a pair of parallel spaced-apart side frame members connected at their upper ends by an upper cross frame member and having a pair of support plates at their lower ends extending in parallel vertical planes forwardly from the side frame members, the front margins of said support plates being bent inwardly toward each other, the bed being pivoted on the support plates for swinging between the plates between said extended and upright positions, the bed being engageable with said margins along the length thereof when the bed is in its upright position.

A utility cart comprising:

• an upwardly extending frame;
• a pair of wheels journaled on the lower end of the frame at opposite sides of the frame for rotation about an axis extending transversely of the frame;
• a bed pivoted adjacent one of its ends on the frame at the lower end of the frame for swinging about an axis generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheels between an extended position in which the bed extend genrally perpendicularly from the frame in a generally horizontal direction constituting the forward direction, and an upright position in which the bed extends upwardly alongside the frame;
• support means at said one end of the bed adapted to extend forwardly from the bed when the later is in its upright position for supporting an object to be carried on the cart;
• legs at the other end of the bed for supporting the bed in its extended position and adapted to extend forwardly from the bed when the bed is in its upright position;
• and
• means for selectively locking the bed to the frame in its extended and upright positions;
• the frame comprising a pair of parallel spaced-apart side frame members connected at their upper ends by an upper cross frame member and having a pair of support plates at their lower ends extending in parallel vertical planes forwardly from the side frame members, the bed being pivoted on the support plates for swinging between the plates between said extended and upright positions, said support plates being connected at their upper ends by a lower cross frame member extending between said side frame members, the back end of the bed being engageable with the bottom of the lower cross frame member when the bed is in its extended position.

A utility cart comprising an upwardly extending frame, a pair of wheels journalled on the lower end of the frame for rotation about an axis extending generally transversely of the frame, a bed mounted adjacent one of its ends constituting its inner end on the frame at the lower end of the frame and extending generally perpendicularly outwardly from the frame, tubular legs at the outer end of the bed for supporting the bed, an upright removable attached to the bed at the outer end of the bed and extending upwardly from the bed generally parallel to the frame, said frame comprising a pair of spaced-apart side frame members connected by a cross frame member spaced below but adjacent to the upper ends of the side frame members, said upright comprising a pair of parallel posts extending upwardly from the bed and connected by a crosspiece spaced below but adjacent to the upper ends of said posts, the cross frame member of the frame and the crosspiece of the upright being spaced approximately the same distance above the bed, and a shelf adapted to extend between the frame and the upright and to rest on said cross frame member and crosspiece generally parallel to the bed, said shelf being liftably removable from the cart and formed for interfitting with the frame and upright thereby to maintain it in place on the cart, said legs being open at their upper ends thereby constituting sockets for receiving therein the lower ends of the posts of the upright removably to attach the upright to the bed.