Patent ID: 6079720
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A wagon assembly for use in gardening and lawn care comprising:a wagon body structure constructed and arranged to provide a main compartment, said main compartment being constructed and arranged to accommodate the carriage of items and materials in gardening and lawn care;a handle structure pivotally connected to a forward end of said wagon body structure such that said handle structure can be moved between a stacking position wherein said handle structure extends rearwardly with respect to said wagon body structure and a range of operating positions wherein said handle structure exends forwardly with respect to said wagon body structure;wheel structures rotatably connected to said wagon body structure, said wheel structures being constructed and arranged to enable said wagon assembly to be rolled manually by exerting force on said handle structure in said operating positions;upwardly facing supporting surfaces constructed and arranged to support a first similar wagon assembly aligned above said wagon assembly in a stable stacking and nesting relation with said handle structure of said wagon assembly in said stacking position and disposed between said wagon body structure of said wagon assembly and a wagon body structure of the first similar wagon assembly such that portions of the wheel structures of the first similar wagon assembly are disposed below upper peripheral edges of said wagon body structure of said wagon assembly; anddownwardly facing stacking surfaces constructed and arranged to engage upwardly facing supporting surfaces of a second similar wagon assembly such that portions of said wheel structures of said wagon assembly are disposed below upper peripheral edges of the second similar wagon assembly when said wagon assembly is aligned above the second similar wagon assembly in a stable stacking and nesting relation;said wagon body structure comprising wheel wells having upper peripheral edges and constructed and arranged to receive said wheel structures of the first similar wagon assembly when the first similar wagon assembly is aligned above said wagon assembly in a stable stacking and nesting relation with said handle structure of said wagon assembly in said stacking position such that portions of said wheel structures of the first similar wagon assembly are disposed below said upper peripheral edges of said wagon body structure and upper peripheral edges of said wheel wells.