Patent ID: 7210545

Claim:
A motorized cart improved for transporting over sandy terrain those items typically found useful for fuller enjoyment of a beach, comprising: (a) a generally rectangular platform, having a front end and a rear end, that includes sections that are extruded downward and angled inward from each side of the sections until the angled portions of the said section come into close proximity of each other, but do not touch; (b) a cargo frame attached to the top of said platform that consists of a plurality of tubular columns and a plurality of tubular rectangular rails where said tubular columns pass vertically through the top and middle rails and connect to the bottom said tubular rectangular rail; the tubular rectangular rails are generally the same outside dimensions as the horizontal plane of said platform; a plurality of other cargo frame columns pass vertically through the said middle rail and connect to the said top and bottom rails; (c) a propulsion assembly, mounted transversely to the bottom of said platform, supports the front end of said platform, providing mountings for motorized front wheels fixedly mounted in rotatable relationship along an axle defining the axis around which the tire and wheel assembly rotates, a battery compartment and a compartment to house the electronic circuit used to power the cart; (d) a caster wheel assembly, wherein said tire is flattened cross-sectionally with a center mounted raised band disposed on the tire surface in a circumferential direction, being rotatable about a second axis longitudinally and rotatably mounted by wheel brackets to the rear end of said platform; (e) a rechargeable battery positioned in front of the front axel provides the power source for the motorized cart; (f) a control handle containing a master power switch, a direction switch, a circuit breaker, a pulse code modulated trigger assembly and a battery charging port is supported by the rear end of the top rail of said cargo frame in equal relation to the centerline and at an upward angle, for steering and operating the motorized portion of said motorized cart, whereby said motorized cart will be self-propelled along a surface.