Laundry buggy

A laundry buggy which is collapsible to a small space, such as that of a large attache case, and which is erectable into a basket assembly with a supporting leg structure, said laundry buggy including a basket assembly and a detachable leg assembly, said basket assembly comprising a bottom wall, a first end wall pivotally connected to an upper side of the bottom wall adjacent one end thereof, a second end wall pivotally connected to an upper side of said bottom wall adjacent the other end thereof, said end walls being pivotable toward each other and downwardly over said bottom wall to form a collapsed basket assembly and each having side edge, a piece of flexible material being fixed to and between each paid of opposed side edges of said end walls, and forming flexible side wall of said basket assembly and being collapsible to a position underneath said end walls when they are collapsed downwards, said detachable leg assembly comprising first and second U-shaped leg formations each including a first leg that is pivotably connected to a second leg of the other leg formation and an upper bight-forming bar, first and second U-in-cross-section snap-type clamps fixed respectively to the underside of said bottom wall of said basket assembly adjacent each end thereof for snap-fittingly receiving the bight-forming bar of one of said leg formations for fixing said leg assembly in an upright erect position to the underside of said basket assembly, and first and second U-in-cross-section clamps mounted to the underside of said bottom wall adjacent each side thereof, each of said clamps being adapted to receive at least one leg of one of said leg formations of said leg assembly therein once the leg formations are collapsed to lie flat adjacent each other whereby said leg assembly and said basket assembly will take up a minimum amount of space when collapsed and releasably connected together to facilitate easy carrying of the then formed compact assembly.