Patent ID: 7252295

Claim:
A household and shopping laundry cart comprising: a cart basket ( 1 ) having a first-side wall ( 2 ), a second-side wall ( 3 ), a front-end wall ( 4 ), an aft-end wall ( 5 ) and a bottom ( 6 ); the first-side wall ( 2 ), the second-side wall ( 3 ), the front-end wall ( 4 ), and the aft-end wall ( 5 ) being angled predeterminedly from the bottom ( 6 ) outwardly to top edges thereof for a basket entry having a larger area than the bottom ( 6 ); at least one first-side wheel ( 7 ) oppositely disposed from at least one second-side wheel ( 8 ) predeterminedly aft of a center of the cart basket ( 1 ); the first-side wheel ( 7 ) and the second-side wheel ( 8 ) being rotational on axles ( 9 ) which are positioned predeterminedly proximate the bottom ( 6 ); a tow handle ( 10 ) pivotal vertically on a tow hitch ( 11 ) predeterminedly proximate the front-end wall ( 4 ); a handle border ( 12 ) proximate tops of the first-side wall ( 2 ), the second-side wall ( 3 ), the front-end wall ( 4 ), and the aft-end wall ( 5 ) predeterminedly; the handle border ( 12 ) including a rounded handle border ( 45 ) articulated for being hand-grasped by users having a predetermined range of sizes of hands; a basket cover ( 13 ) positioned predeterminedly over the basket entry intermediate tops of the first-side wall ( 2 ) and the second-side wall ( 3 ); the basket cover ( 13 ) includes a flexible cover ( 50 ) having a rod end ( 51 ) attached to a roll rod ( 52 ); the roll rod ( 52 ) is attached rotationally to a first top side ( 53 ) of the cart basket ( 1 ); the flexible cover ( 50 ) includes a handle end ( 54 ) with an end stiffener ( 55 ) that is attachable to a second top side ( 56 ) of the cart basket ( 1 ) for covering the cart basket ( 1 ) and desired contents thereof with a length of the flexible cover ( 50 ) that is unrolled from the roll rod ( 52 ) and positioned intermediate the first-top side ( 53 ) and the second top side ( 56 ) selectively; at least one stair-climber incline ( 14 ) extended slantingly downward and rearward from intermediate a front of the bottom ( 6 ) and the axles ( 9 ) to beneath an axis of the axles ( 9 ) predeterminedly; at least one front support ( 15 ) extended downwardly from proximate the front of the bottom ( 6 ) for cooperating with the first-side wheel ( 7 ) and the second-side wheel ( 8 ) in supporting the cart basket ( 1 ) in a predeterminedly horizontal orientation when the household and shopping laundry cart is on a horizontal surface; the front support ( 15 ) includes a pivotal support ( 48 ) having predetermined forward pivot to a forward-slant stop ( 49 ) and rearward pivot to horizontality; and the cart basket ( 1 ) includes a laundry basket articulated to contain a class of items that include a predetermined washer load of laundry.