Patent ID: 8376376

Claim:
A mobile platform for supporting and transporting at least one container, said mobile platform comprising: a base member having an upper surface; an oppositely disposed lower surface; and at least one compartment integrally formed in said base member, said at least one compartment being proximately centrally disposed on said base member for receiving said at least one container; a plurality of compartments partially surrounding said at least one of said proximately centrally disposed compartment; at least one upright housing frame member attached to said upper surface of said base member, said at least one upright housing frame member further being mounted alongside said at least one compartment being proximately centrally disposed on said base member; said at least one upright housing frame member basing an aperture therein; and wherein said at least one container further comprises a radially extending downwardly projecting skirt having an aperture therein near the open end of said at least one container; a resilient means comprising a biasing member bar removably coupling said at least one container to said base member, said biasing member having one end attached to said aperture in said at least one upright housing frame and an opposite end attached to said aperture in said skirt along said outer wall of said at least one container such that said biasing member when attached to said aperture in said upright frame member at one end and to said aperture in said skirt along said at least one container wall near said open end at said opposite end generates a biasing force on said at least one container to maintain said at least one container securely mounted in said at least one compartment proximately centrally disposed on said base member; and means for convoying said mobile platform over a horizontal surface.