Multi-purpose cart

A cart for transporting fishing gear and supplies, comprising a bottom tubular rail of generally rectangular configuration;

• a base comprising spaced tubular members attached to said bottom tubular rail and forming a horizontal platform for supporting said gear and supplies;
• a single axle member extending transversely of and attached to said base on a rear portion thereof, said axle member having outer ends projecting laterally outwardly of said base;
• diametral holes formed in said outer ends;
• rotatable wheels releasably carried at said outer ends of said axle member inwardly of said holes;
• removable fasteners extending through said holes to retain said wheels on said outer ends;
• a plurality of vertical cylindrical sleeves exteriorally connected at lower ends at spaced locations to said bottom rail;
• a top tubular rail of generally rectangular configuration vertically spaced above and vertically overlying said bottom tubular rail and attached to upper ends of said cylindrical sleeves;
• a front tubular support sleeve connected to said rails at the front of said base;
• an L-shaped shaft member having a lower end telescopically received in said front tubular support sleeve and an upper end extending forwardly thereof;
• a handle member transversely connected to said upper end;
• first releasable fastener means for releasably connecting said lower end of said shaft member to said front tubular support sleeve;
• a front support assembly having a transverse ground engaging leg and an upwardly extending leg telescopically received in a lower end of said front tubular support sleeve and movable between a raised and a lowered position;
• second releasable fastener means for selectively maintaining said front support assembly in said raised or said lowered position whereby said cart may be readily assembled for use and disassembled for compact storage and transportation.