Utility cart

A manually propelled utility cart comprising:

• a base including a mop bucket securing portion having vertical wall members defining a first box portion, caster curbs for securing a castered mop bucket in non-moving engagement, a draining surface and a centrally disposed removably plugged drain for draining said box-like portion, an integrally molded bumper situated around the periphery of said base means for protection of furniture and utility cart from damage;
• said base including a lower utility tray portion adjacent and sharing a vertical wall with said mop bucket portion and said utility tray portion having vertical walls defining a second box-like portion, and lower support member engagement means at each of the corners of said box-like portion of said lower utility tray portion, a terminal utensil handle retention portion having a second vertical wall parallel to a vertical side wall and defining an open slot for engaging the terminal end of a utensil handle;
• a top tray including a top tray portion having upper support member engagement portions and vertical walls defining a box-like upper tray, a plurality of molded utensil clips integrally formed within opposite side walls of said top tray portion, a handle means defining a central opening for placement of a trash bag in a bag opened arrangement, a plurality of modified mop handle engaging clips having a generally bent hour-glass cross sectional engaging shape formed of opposing frusto-conical surfaces.
• four PVC tubing support members compressibly engaged between said lower support member engagement portions and said upper support member engagement portions by a compression rod with threaded ends passing through said upper and lower support member engagement portions and engaging said upper and lower support member engagement portions with a pair of end nuts;
• an intermediate tray, in slidable engagement with said PVC tubing support means and including a releasable arcuate clamp for releasably clamping said intermediate tray and further including vertical walls defining an intermediate tray, said intermediate tray including vacuum wand extension holders integrally formed therein for engagement into an open end of a vacuum wand extension, said vacuum wand extension holders extending upward from said intermediate tray and having a cross-like cross section;
• said releasable arcuate clamps including an arcuate clamping strap having a pair of companion bolted flanges operatively attached to said intermediate tray for tensioning said arcuate clamping strap radially inwardly for clamping said PVC tubing support member between said arcuate clamping strap and said intermediate tray,
• said base including a pair of multidirectional front casters and a pair of rear side wheels for support and movement of said utility cart;
• said base including rear wheel fenders located at the side of said utility tray portion for protecting any spray from said rear wheels;
• said intermediate tray also including a handle attached to a side of said intermediate tray for use in steering said utility cart, and at least one adjustably mounted hook members including said releasable arcuate clamps for adjustable mounting in said PVC tubing support member.

A manually propelled utility cart comprising:

• a base means positioned in substantially a horizontal plane and including a mop bucket carrying means, said mop bucket carrying means comprised of a rectangular box-like portion including a plurality of rib members on said base means extending diagonally inward from corners of said box-like portion and operating to securely hold casters of a castered mop bucket and for providing a level surface for securely holding a mop bucket without casters;
• wheeled movement means coupled with said base means for multidirectional horizontal movement of said utility cart along a floor surface;
• intermediate tray means positioned above said base means;
• top tray means positioned above said base means and said intermediate tray means;
• vertical structural support means for supporting said intermediate tray means and said top tray means vertically upward from said base means, and said intermediate tray means having adjustable positioning means and being in slidable engagement with said vertical structural support means;
• said vertical structural support means including at least one hollow rod structural member engaged and secured in compression between said base means and said top tray means by a compression means;
• said adjustable positioning means including releasable clamping means for releasably clamping said intermediate tray means in variable vertical positions between said utility tray means and said top tray means.