Trash cart

Claim 1

In a cart for transporting trash, the improvements comprising: a body member having four sides and a bottom; the bottom being substantially rectangularly shaped and each of the sides being attached at the bottom portions thereof to said bottom portion; one pair of said sides being parallel with one another and perpendicular to another pair of said sides which are in turn perpendicular to one another; each of said sides of said first mentioned rectangular pair being substantially rectangularly shaped, with one side having a substantially lesser height than the other of said sides of said first mentioned pair; each of said sides of said second mentioned pair of sides being substantially congruent with respect to one another and each being in the shape of a trapezoid with the higher height of said trapezoid attaching to the one of said first mentioned pair of sides having the higher height and the lower height of each of said trapezoidal sides being attached to said other one of said first mentioned pair of sides having a lower height; an axle and ground engaging wheel assembly being attached near the rear portion of each one of said first pair of rectangular sides; a handle member being in the shape of an ell and having a forward extending portion extending forward of said cart and a lower downwardly depending portion integral therewith and being attached near the central portion of the forward one of said second pair of trapezoidal shaped sides; a third ground engaging member attached near the forward center portion and extending downwardly from said bottom portion; a lid member having a substantially upwardly extending curved portion and a substantially rectangularly shaped bottom edge engaging the top edges of said side portions; said bottom portions of said lid member being of substantially the same shape and dimension as the top edge peripheries of said sides; each of said sides, said bottom and said lid being made of a relatively thin gauge of metal; said cart operable to rotate about the axis of said wheel and axle assemblies in an upwardly pitching direction responsive to the manual lifting of said cart at the aforementioned handle; said cart operable to be wheeled on said wheel and axle assemblies for translation with respect to the ground responsive to a pulling on said handle in a direction forward of said cart and operable to be pushed in a backward direction by translation with respect to the ground by rolling on said aforementioned wheel and axle assemblies responsive to a pushing in a backward direction by said handle; said cart operable to rotate with respect to the ground responsive to a force applied by manual means on said handle in a direction at an angle to the forward or backward direction with respect to said cart by rolling on said wheel and axle assemblies in response to said force; said lid operable to be manually lifted for loading and de-loading of trash within the body of said trash cart; whereby trash may be stored within said cart and also transported to a place of dumping or collection by de-loading said cart at the point of collection or dumping.