Patent ID: 7168715

Claim:
A collapsible cart for transporting multiple items comprising: a platform, a rack, a plurality of basket supporting assemblies and a plurality of baskets; said platform being a horizontally disposed rigid planar structure having a set of rotatably mounted wheels attached thereto; said rack being mounted on said platform in generally perpendicular relation and having attachment means for attaching said basket supporting assemblies to said rack, in spaced apart locations; said basket supporting assemblies being operable for alternately stowing and deploying said baskets; said basket supporting assemblies and said baskets having cooperative means for selective release and attachment of said baskets to said basket supporting assemblies; wherein said platform includes a generally rectangular shape having a front portion and a rear portion; wherein said rack includes a pair of rigid members mounted on the rear portion of said platform, in spaced apart relation and extending upward in generally parallel relation with each other; wherein each of said basket supporting assemblies comprises: a pair of rigid upper support arms and a pair of rigid lower support arms, said pair of upper support arms being aligned in spaced apart parallel relation defining an inside space therebetween; each of said upper support arms and each of said lower support arms having a proximal end and a distal end; each of said upper support arms having a longitudinally extending slot near the distal end and a one of said lower support arms rotatably and slideably attached to each of said upper support arms, by a pin attached near the distal end of said lower support arm and disposed within said slot; an upper support arm rod connecting said upper support arms, spanning said inside space, passing through a hole provided in each of the proximal ends of the pair of upper support arms, and continuing a distance to form a pair of upper support arm pivots adjacent to the outer aspect of each of said upper support arms; and a lower support arm rod connecting the proximal ends of the lower support arms in the same manner and forming a pair of lower support arm pivots adjacent to the outer aspect of each of said lower support arms.