Utility cart for concrete finishing operations

A water cart adapted for use in concrete finishing work comprising:

• an open frame comprised of a pair of spaced and elongated horizontally extending frame members, a ground support, a handle, a back wall, and a plurality of generally cylindrical tool receptacles housed within said back wall;
• a pair of tires joined by an axle and adapted to pivotally support one end of said open frame;
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• a bucket pivotally mounted on upper free ends of said ground support within said open frame, said bucket suspended in an upright position relative to a support surface on which said water cart is disposed.

In a cart adapted for use in concrete finishing work, the improvement comprising:

• an elongated open frame oriented substantially horizontally relative to a ground support surface, said open frame comprising a pair of elongated and substantially parallel side bars and a transverse bar wherein said frame is supported between a pair of tires, said tires disposed at opposite ends of an axle, and wherein an end of said frame pivotally engages said axle;
• a generally U-shaped ground support bracket fixedly disposed between said elongated side bars and opening upwardly from said ground support surface, said bracket comprising a pair of vertically extending, substantially parallel members terminating at upper free ends and joined by a ground-engaging bar disposed at respective lower ends of said parallel members;
• a handle extending from said transverse bar at an end of said frame opposite to said wheel axle;
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• a bucket having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end of the bucket suspended on each side from a corresponding pivot located on each of said upper free ends, said bucket suspended intermediately between the end of said frame which is pivotal about the wheel axle and said handle end of the frame in an upright position relative to said ground support surface for swinging movement about a horizontal axis.

A water cart 9 with a water bucket 32 for use in concrete finishing work, said cart 10 comprising:

• an elongated open frame 12 oriented substantially horizontally relative to a ground support surface 13, said open frame 12 comprising a substantially parallel pair of elongated side bars 34, 36 and a transverse bar 40, said frame 12 supported between a pair of tires 22, 24;
• a ground support 26 disposed between said longitudinal side bars 34, 36 and having upper free ends 30, 31 provided with pivot means 33, 35 that pivotally engage opposite sides of said bucket 32 whereby said bucket 32 is suspended in an upright position relative to said support surface 13 for swinging movement about a horizontal axis;
• a plurality of tool receptacles 16, 18, 20, said receptacles 16, 18, 20 extending upwardly from said open frame 12 and housed within a back wall 56 at one end of said open frame 12;
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• a handle 14 extending from said transverse bar 40 at an end of said open frame opposite to said tool receptacles 16, 18, 20.