Picnic beach cart

Claim 1

A beach cart including first and second wheels each having an axle and an annular rim tread surface of substantial width in a circular plane parallel with the longitudinal axis of its axle, a horizontal flat bed having upwardly-extending peripheral side walls, means independently mounting said wheels on the underside of said bed near opposite sides thereof and arranged to support said bed at a distance between nine and eighteen inches above the lowest surface of said wheels, said axles being positioned along a line within ten inches from a vertical plane passing through the rear edge of said bed, a support stanchion, means rotatably securing said stanchion to the front of said bed, releasable locking means arranged to secure said stanchion in its vertical position whereby said bed is supported by a tripod formed by said stanchion and said wheels, a towing bar removably secured to said bed, and a fixed stop member secured to said bed and positioned to abut said stanchion and thereby limit the rotational movement thereof in a first direction, said locking means including a rotatable member having a first position in which it engages said stanchion and prevents rotational movement thereof in a direction opposite from said first direction, one of said sidewalls including a slot extending downwardly from its upper edge, and said rotatable member including an extension that, when said rotatable member is in its first position, extends through said slot and projects forwardly thereof to abut one side of said stanchion.