Mobile cart

A mobile cart comprising:

• a frame including a lower base portion, an upper platform portion vertically spaced from said lower base portion, and a connecting portion extending between and attached to said lower base portion and said upper platform portion;
• a basket attached to said upper platform portion and vertically spaced from said lower based portion, said basket being operable for receiving articles from an operator of said cart;
• a plurality of casters mounted on said lower base portion;
• wherein
• said connecting portion extends upward from a first end of said lower base portion and said platform portion is cantilevered from an upper portion of said connecting portion so as to dispose said basket at a comfortable working height for the operator of the cart, to provide the operator easy access to said lower base portion, and to maximize a space existing between said basket and said lower base portion;
• said connecting portion further includes a substantially vertical riser portion extending between and attached to said lower base portion and said upper portion of said connecting portion;
• said upper platform portion is substantially perpendicular to said riser portion;
• said upper platform portion is substantially parallel to said lower base portion;
• said lower base portion, said connecting portion and said upper platform portion are made of a metallic tubular construction;
• said first end of said lower base portion is discontinuous and includes first and second laterally extending tubular members;
• said lower base portion further includes a second end comprising a third laterally extending tubular member which is longitudinally spaced from said first end, a first longitudinally extending side member interconnecting one of said first and second laterally extending tubular members of said first end and said second end, and a second, longitudinally extending side member interconnecting the other of said first and second laterally extending tubular members of said first end and said second end;
• said first end, said second end and said first and second side members are substantially horizontal and combine to form a generally rectangular shape of said lower base portion;
• said riser portion comprises first and second substantially vertical and laterally spaced tubular members, said first substantially vertical member being attached at a lower end thereof to one of said first and second members of said first end of said lower base portion, said second substantially vertical member being attached at a lower end thereof to the other of said first and second members of said first end of said lower base portion;
• said upper platform portion includes first and second substantially horizontal and laterally spaced tubular members;
• said upper portion of said connecting portion comprises first and second laterally spaced arcuate tubular members, said first arcuate tubular member being attached to one of said first and second substantially vertical members of said riser portion and to one of said first and second substantially horizontal members of said upper platform portion, said second arcuate tubular member being attached to the other of said first and second substantially vertical members of said riser portion and to the other of said first and second substantially horizontal members of said upper platform portion;
• said first and second substantially vertical members of said riser portion diverge laterally away from one another from said lower base portion toward said upper platform portion.

A mobile cart comprising:

• a frame including a lower base portion, an upper platform portion vertically spaced from said lower base portion, and a connecting portion extending between and attached to said lower base portion and said upper platform portion, said upper platform portion including first and second laterally spaced tubular members;
• a basket attached to said upper platform portion and vertically spaced from said lower base portion, said basket being operable for receiving articles from an operator of said cart;
• and
• a plurality of casters mounted on said lower base portion;
• wherein said basket includes an open top, a floor vertically spaced from said top, a pair of longitudinally spaced end walls attached to and extending upward from said floor, and a pair of laterally spaced side walls attached to and extending upward from said floor and attached to each of said end walls;
• wherein said floor is constructed of a rigid mesh and includes a substantially planar portion;
• wherein said basket further includes a generally centrally disposed and downwardly extending depression formed in said floor, said depression extending below said substantially planar portion of said floor and being disposed laterally between said first and said second tubular members of said upper platform portion, said substantially planar portion extending over said first and said second tubular members of said upper platform portion, said depression being operable for receiving articles from the operator of said cart and being effective for lowering a center of gravity of said basket thereby enhancing the stability of said cart.