Garden cart with removable container

A multi-purpose garden cart comprising a tubular aluminum carriage having a cradle, front and rear U-shaped tubular end braces secured to the ends of said cradle, a pair of stands for supporting said cart, and a handle secured to said stands, said carriage mounting a transverse axle with large diameter wheels on opposite ends and supporting, by detachable engagement, a rigid yet resilient polyethylene container formed from a single sheet without seams or apertures and having a molded, outward protrusion to serve as a latch on both its front and rear faces;

• said container having the means for being engaged into said carriage by pressing it downwardly causing the resilient front end rear faces to depress inwardly until the latches, having passed over the front end rear tubular and braces of said carriage, snap back outwardly engaging beneath them;
• while the bottom of said container rests on said cradle and
• means for of instantly detaching it from said carriage by pressing inwardly on either its front or rear face releasing said latches and lifting the container up and out of the carriage thus permitting its contents to be quickly and completely dumped directly into a truck bed or trash receptical or heaped on top of a mulch or leaf pile;
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• the means, when secured in said carriage, of being adapted tilted forward and balanced in a lip-to-ground position permitting leaves and other garden waste to be raked directly into it;
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• means for lifting heavier garden loads placed on its front face while in the tilt-forward position by rotating the carriage backwardly causing the load to slide down its slippery, steeply sloping front face;
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• the additional capability, because of its right, sturdy and leakproof characteristics, of being utilized to mix, carry and dump liquid loads and, when detached from the carriage, of serving other uses around the home and garden such as a vat for mixing mortar, a tub for washing dogs or a wading pool for children.