Patent ID: 7281731

Claim:
An improved collapsible utility cart, comprising: a frame and a container, said container having front, rear and bottom portions and carried by said frame, said frame having; a pair of oppositely disposed, interconnected, elongated handle carrying frame members, each having proximal and distal portions thereof, said proximal portion including a proximal end which is adapted to include a handle; a pair of oppositely disposed wheel carrying frame members, which are respectively pivotally dependent from said handle carrying frame members, and having proximal and distal portions thereof; a pair of interconnected and oppositely disposed container support frame members, each of which pivotally depends from a respective said handle carrying frame member, and having proximal and distal portions thereof; a front connector disposed between said container support frame members for interconnecting said container support frame members and for supporting the weight of at least a front portion of said container carried by said frame; a rear connector disposed between said handle carrying frame members for interconnecting said handle carrying frame members and for supporting the weight of at least a rear portion of said container carried by said frame; a first parallelogramic linkage respectively connected to said handle carrying frame members and to said wheel carrying frame members to permit collapsible lateral movement respectively of said handle carrying frame members and said wheel carrying frame members from a load carrying first position to a folded second position to reduce the width of said frame, wherein said first parallelogramic linkage is disposed in a substantially horizontal plane; and, a pair of wheels carried by and supporting said frame, disposed at a distal portion of each of said respective wheel carrying frame members.