Patent ID: 6193247
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A wagon assembly for transporting items and articles to be used in gardening and lawn care comprising:a wagon body structure constructed and arranged to provide a main compartment configured such that the articles and items to be used in gardening and lawn care can be stored therein; wheel structures rotatably connected to said wagon body structure, said wheel structures being constructed and arranged to rollingly support said wagon assembly; anda handle structure pivotally attached to said wagon body and having a pair of generally opposed surfaces, said handle structure being constructed and arranged to be moved between a range of operating positions wherein said handle structure extends forwardly with respect to said wagon body structure such that said wagon assembly can be rolled on said wheel structures by manually pulling on said handle and a stacking position wherein said handle structure extends rearwardly with respect to said wagon body structure so that one of said pair of generally opposed surfaces faces generally upwardly to provide a stacking surface;said main compartment having interior surfaces including tray support members spaced apart on at least some of said interior surfaces so as to provide support for a tray within said main compartment;a tray having a bottom surface and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from said bottom surface of said tray, said tray being of a size to fit within said main compartment when said tray is placed on said tray support members, said stacking surface of said handle structure of said wagon body including wheel supporting portions which face upwardly when said handle structure is in the stacking position thereof, said wheel supporting portions being constructed and arranged to nestingly receive and support wheel structures of another wagon assembly having substantially the same dimensions to be stacked on top of said wagon assembly when said handle structure of said wagon assembly is in the stacking position and said another wagon assembly is stably stacked on top of said wagon assembly so that rolling movement of the another wagon assembly is restricted by virtue of the nestingly received relationship between the wheel structures of said another wagon assembly stacked on top of said wagon assembly and said wheel support portions.2.The wagon assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said tray includes at least one partition wall therein.