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 bent hour-glass engaging shape formed of opposing frusto-conical surfaces;
• a plurality of 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, said support members further comprise a vertical support member having a continuous peripheral groove therein;
• an intermediate tray, in slideable engagement with said PVC tubing support means and including an adjustable positioning assembly for adjustable positioning said intermediate tray along said support members and further including vertical walls defining an intermediate tray, said adjustable positioning means includes an expandable ring means, 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 adjustable positioning means further includes a throughbore means in said intermediate tray means for defining a throughbore corresponding to said support members for close sliding engagement with said support members, and a counterbore means in said intermediate tray means defining a counterbore in a lower portion of said intermediate tray means, said counterbore means being in alignment with said throughbore means and defining a shoulder portion;
• said expandable ring means positioned in said groove, said counterbore means securely engaging an outermost portion of said expandable ring means, wherein said intermediate tray is held in position on said support member by said counterbore means engaging and retaining said expandable ring means in said groove, and said shoulder portion of said tray being held in resting engagement with said expandable ring means to prevent downward movement of said tray beyond a predetermined position;
• 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 adjustable mounted hook member for positioning along the length of one of said PVC tubing support members.