Patent ID: 6185917
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A versatile utility cart for supporting and transporting a variety of landscaping appliances, said utility cart comprisinga base defining a generally planar platform for supporting the landscaping appliance;a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to said base for transporting the landscaping appliance;a generally U-shaped mounting arm adjacent said base for mounting an accessory of the landscaping appliance on the utility cart, said mounting arm comprising a clamp for adjustably mounting the accessory of the landscaping appliance on said mounting arm, wherein said clamp can be tightened and loosened to alternatively engage and disengage, respectively, said mounting arm to position the accessory at a predetermined location and orientation relative to said base; andmeans for temporarily securing the landscaping appliance on said platform of said base, said securing means comprisingan elongate slot formed in a first end of said platform;a mounting bracket connected to the landscaping appliance, said mounting bracket comprising a U-shaped flange adjacent a first end of said mounting bracket for engaging said slot formed in said platform and an L-shaped flange adjacent a second end of said mounting bracket;an internally threaded hole formed in a second end of said platform; andan externally threaded thumbscrew for engaging said hole formed in said platform;wherein said L-shaped flange of said mounting bracket has a recess formed therein for cooperating with said hole formed in said second end of said platform and said thumbscrew to temporarily secure the landscaping appliance to the utility cart.