Cleaning cart

• US 9,216,751 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unger Marketing International LLC
• Original Assignee: Unger Marketing International LLC
• Inventors: Adams, Paul, Clepper, Raymond E., Patterson, Joseph K.
• Primary Examiner(s): WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US14/313,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20140375004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 280/47.34, 280/47.35, 280/33.991, 280/79.11, 280/79.2, 280/35
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/51 Storing of cleaning tools, e.g. containers therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/512 Clamping devices for hanging the tools
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/50 Cleaning or gardening articles
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/005 Details of storage means, e.g. drawers, bins or racks
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/10 characterised by supports specially adapted to objects of definite shape

Abstract

A cleaning cart is provided that includes a base, a plurality of wheels and a storage region depending from the base, and a bucket restraining device. The base has a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front wall, the base having at least one portion configured to receive a bucket thereon. The bucket restraining device has a lateral restraining wall and a rear restraining wall that cooperate to define a first restraining region and a second restraining region. The first restraining region is defined by the first side wall, the front wall, the lateral restraining wall, and a portion of the rear restraining wall. The second restraining region is defined by the second side wall, the front wall, the lateral restraining wall, and a different portion of rear restraining wall.

Claims

1. A cleaning cart, comprising:

a base having a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front wall, the base having at least one portion configured to receive a bucket thereon;

a plurality of wheels depending from the base;

a storage region depending from the base; and

a bucket restraining device having a lateral restraining wall and a rear restraining wall that cooperate to define a first restraining region and a second restraining region,

the first restraining region being defined by the first side wall, the front wall, the lateral restraining wall, and a portion of the rear restraining wall, and

the second restraining region being defined by the second side wall, the front wall, the lateral restraining wall, and a different portion of rear restraining wall.

2. The cleaning cart of claim 1, wherein the first restraining region is sized and positioned to receive two wheels of the bucket when received on the base.

3. The cleaning cart of claim 1, wherein the second restraining region is sized and positioned to receive only one wheel of the bucket when received on the base.

4. The cleaning cart of claim 1, wherein the storage region that has a main region with a first width and the base has a second width, the second width being larger than the first width.

5. The cleaning cart of claim 4, wherein the storage region has a rear portion region with a third width, the third width being larger than the first width but smaller than the second width, the rear portion having a push handle.

6. The cleaning cart of claim 4, further comprising an upper rail depending from the storage region.

7. The cleaning cart of claim 6, wherein the upper rail comprises a mop handle holder portion defined therein.

8. The cleaning cart of claim 6, wherein the upper rail extends forward from the storage region in a direction of the front wall defining a pull handle.

9. The cleaning cart of claim 4, wherein the storage region comprises a plurality of dovetail openings configured to releasably receive a tool holder therein.

10. The cleaning cart of claim 1, wherein the lateral restraining wall is movably positioned to allow adjustment in a size of the first restraining region and/or the second restraining region.

11. A cleaning cart, comprising:

a base;

a plurality of wheels depending from the base; and

a storage region depending from the base,

wherein the storage region has a main region with a first width and the base has a second width, the second width being larger than the first width to define a gutter on at least opposing sides of the storage region, and

wherein the storage region has a rear portion region with a third width, the third width being larger than the first width but smaller than the second width.

12. The cleaning cart of claim 11, wherein the gutter is further defined in front of the storage region.

13. The cleaning cart of claim 11, wherein the rear portion region of the storage region comprises a push handle.

14. The cleaning cart of claim 13, further comprising an upper rail depending from the storage region.

15. The cleaning cart of claim 14, wherein the upper rail comprises a mop handle holder portion defined therein.

16. The cleaning cart of claim 14, wherein the upper rail extends forward from the storage region in a direction of a front wall of the base and defines a pull handle.

17. The cleaning cart of claim 11, wherein the storage region comprises a plurality of dovetail openings configured to releasably receive a tool holder therein.

18. The cleaning cart of claim 17, further comprising one or more tool holders received in the plurality of dovetail openings, the tool holders being configured to hold tools above the gutters.

19. The cleaning cart of claim 11, further comprising a bucket restraining device having a lateral restraining wall and a rear restraining wall that cooperate to define a first restraining region and a second restraining region,

the first restraining region being defined by a first side wall of the base, a front wall of the base, the lateral restraining wall, and a portion of the rear restraining wall, and

the second restraining region being defined by a second side wall, the front wall, the lateral restraining wall, and a different portion of rear restraining wall.

20. The cleaning cart of claim 19, wherein the first restraining region is sized and positioned to receive two wheels of a bucket when received on the base.

21. The cleaning cart of claim 19, wherein the second restraining region is sized and positioned to receive only one wheel of a bucket when received on the base.

22. A cleaning cart, comprising:

a base having a floor, a set of side walls, and a front wall;

a plurality of wheels depending from the base;

a storage region depending from the floor of the base so as to define a continuous gutter between opposite sides of the storage region and the set of side walls and between a front of the storage region and the front wall;

a plurality of tool holder openings on the storage region; and

a tool holder removably securable in any one of the plurality of tool holder openings.

23. The cleaning cart of claim 22, further comprising at least one tool holder removably positioned simultaneously in two of the plurality of tool holder openings.

24. The cleaning cart of claim 22, wherein the plurality of tool holder openings are at different horizontal and vertical levels on the storage region.

25. The cleaning cart of claim 22, wherein the plurality of tool holder openings are integrally molded on the storage region.

26. The cleaning cart of claim 22, wherein the tool holder comprises an extended surface with at least one of a label, an icon, and a tool name on the extended region.

27. The cleaning cart of claim 22, wherein the floor slopes toward the front wall.

28. The cleaning cart of claim 27, further comprising a removable drain plug at or near the front wall.

29. The cleaning cart of claim 27, further comprising a sloped region defined over a rear set of the plurality of wheels, the sloped region sloping towards the front wall.