Cart for transporting beach accessories and associated method

A cart assembly for allowing a user to easily transport a plurality of chairs, said cart assembly comprising:

• a frame having a rectilinear axle extending transversely across a lower end of said frame;
• a plurality of handles forming sides of said frame, each of said handles having an upper section and a lower section, said upper sections being telescopically connected to said lower sections and slidably adapted along a vertical direction, said upper sections and said lower sections having a plurality of slots engraved therein;
• a transport platform pivotally and directly connected to a base of each of said handles and about said axle, said transport platform being configured to fold against said plurality of handles by being articulated about a fulcrum axis defined along said axle, said transport platform having a curvilinear arm wrapped about a major circumference of said axle, said arm having a gap formed therein wherein a portion of said axle becomes covered and uncovered by said arm during rotation of said transport platform;
• a horizontal support bar monolithically formed with said plurality of handles, said horizontal support bar being positioned at a top of said cart assembly, said horizontal support bar being raised and lowered along the vertical direction for adjusting a height of said cart assembly;
• a plurality of horizontal members forming a part of said frame and intermediately extending between said plurality of handles below said horizontal support bar, each of said horizontal members having a plurality of hooks rotatably mounted therearound, in a manner allowing said hooks to rotate around said horizontal members, and further being slidably displaced along respective longitudinal lengths of said horizontal members;
• a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted about linearly opposed ends of said axle, said wheels being positioned on a bottom surface of a rear side of said transport platform such that said transport platform remains balanced along a horizontal plane while pivoted to a lowered position;
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• means for selectively prohibiting said transport platform from biasing downwardly from a raised position.

A method for easily transporting a plurality of chairs, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a frame having a rectilinear axle extending transversely across a lower end of said frame;
• b. forming sides of said frame by providing a plurality of handles, each of said handles having an upper section and a lower section, said upper sections and said lower sections having a plurality of slots engraved therein;
• c. telescopically connecting said upper sections to said lower sections by slidably adapting said upper and lower sections along a vertical direction;
• d. providing and pivotally connecting a transport platform directly to a base of each of said handles and about said axle;
• e. folding said transport platform against said plurality of handles by performing the following steps
• i. articulating said transport platform about a fulcrum axis defined along said axle, and
• ii. providing and wrapping a curvilinear arm about a major circumference of said axle, said arm having a gap formed therein wherein a portion of said axle becomes covered and uncovered by said arm during rotation of said transport platform respectively;
• f. providing a horizontal support bar monolithically formed with said plurality of handles, said horizontal support bar being positioned at a top of said cart assembly;
• g. raising and lowering said horizontal support bar along the vertical direction for adjusting a height of said cart assembly;
• h. providing and intermediately extending a plurality of horizontal members between said plurality of handles below said horizontal support bar for forming a part of said frame;
• i. providing and rotatably mounting a plurality of hooks around each of said horizontal members in a manner allowing said hooks to rotate around said horizontal members while slidably displacing said hooks along respective longitudinal lengths of said horizontal members;
• j. providing and rotatably mounting a plurality of wheels about linearly opposed ends of said axle, said wheels being positioned on a bottom surface of a rear side of said transport platform such that said transport platform remains balanced along a horizontal plane while pivoted to a lowered position;
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• k. selectively prohibiting said transport platform from biasing downwardly from a raised position.