Utility cart with detachable and reversible shelves

A utility cart having reversible shelves comprising a pair of end frames, each having a pair of elongated rigidly connected upright hollow supports which are parallel and spaced apart, each end frame having an end panel secured to said upright supports, an orthogonal shelf device detachably secured at the corners to said upright supports:

• said shelf device including two parallel flanges on opposite side edges and being essentially open at the opposite ends thereof, one mounting bracket secured to each end of each flange and having an attaching portion projecting angularly inwardly, each attaching portion engaging the respective upright support at a point within the angle defined by the shelf corners;
• each support having at said engagement point a threaded opening through one side thereof, and one fastener received by an opening in each attaching portion and being threaded into said threaded opening for securing said shelf device to said upright supports, said flanges extending between said pair of end frames and said panels being juxtaposed with the opposite ends of said shelf device thereby serving as end closures therefor, said shelf device also having a bottom formed with two portions angling downwardly from said two flanges, respectively, and an upstanding inverted V-shaped wall portion connected at the lower edges to the inner facing edges of said two bottom portions, respectively, said wall portion including two back panels and being provided at each end of one back panel thereof with an elongated plate like bracket which generally lies in a plane at right angles to said one back panel, each said bracket extending into the apex portion of said wall portion and having an opening for receiving a fastener, and a fastener extending through an opening in each end panel and into each said bracket opening for supporting said wall portion with respect to said end frame.