Patent ID: 7775225

Claim:
A washing and storing system, comprising: (a) a mobile storage apparatus, wherein the mobile storage apparatus further includes: (i) a housing, wherein the housing includes a front portion that is lower in height than the rear portion thereof and is adapted to receive and store a hand-operated lawn mower, wherein the housing defines an internal chamber therein, and wherein the housing further includes a top panel, and wherein the top panel further includes a door track on each side of the top panel; (ii) a base attached to or formed integrally with a bottom portion of the housing, wherein the base further includes at least one aperture formed therein, and wheel-guiding tracks for guiding a lawn mower into the housing; (iii) a removable debris tray attached to the base, wherein the tray is positionable beneath the aperture formed in the base; and (iv) a door assembly for gaining access to the internal chamber, wherein the door assembly further includes an upper portion connected to the housing and a lower portion connected to the base, wherein the upper portion of the door assembly is adapted to recede into the internal chamber by cooperating with the door tracks on the top panel of the housing and wherein lower portion of the door assembly functions as a ramp into the internal chamber and further includes wheel-guiding tracks for guiding a lawn mower into the housing; and (b) a washing apparatus connected to or formed integrally with the storage apparatus for washing the lawn mower, wherein the washing apparatus further includes: (i) a plurality of directional sprayers in fluid communication with one another; (ii) wherein a portion of the sprayers are mounted within the housing and are oriented downward for directing fluid onto the top of the lawn mower stored within the housing; and (iii) wherein a portion of the sprayers are mounted within the base around the periphery of the aperture and are oriented upward for directing fluid through the aperture onto the bottom of the lawn mower; and (c) a source of pressurized fluid in fluid communication with the plurality of sprayers for providing fluid to the directional sprayers of the washing apparatus.