Patent ID: 6923458

Claim:
A covered merchandise cart assembly for transporting products including: a cart comprising an elongate base platform carried on front and rear end wheels; inversely U-shaped front and rear rail structures with top rail portions and vertical side rail portions fixedly secured to the front end of the platform and to the rear end of the platform, and defining a product carrying compartment between them; generally horizontally disposed cross rails on said side rail portions of the front and rear rail structures; vertically spaced apart side straps looped around said side rail portions above said cross rails, said straps being spaced apart substantially to lie upon and be vertically supported by said cross rails and having free ends with couplers thereon; a flexible fabric member secured to said rail structures; and cover straps carrying mating couplers secured to project generally horizontally from said fabric member in spaced relation substantially correlating with said cross rails to couple with said couplers on said straps looped around said side rail portions.