Barbecue utility server cart

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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view from the right side and front of the convertible utility server cart of the invention with a removable top serving tray in place and showing a clear plastic shield pivoted partially up and a front folding work surface pivoted upwardly.

FIG. 2 is a right side elevation thereof with the removable top serving tray in place showing the front work surface folded out, with the support for such work surface straightened into supporting position.

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation thereof with the top serving tray in place and showing the front work surface in place.

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation thereof showing the maneuvering handle plus a handgrip in the end of the upper removable tray section.

FIG. 5 is a front elevation thereof showing the fold out front work surface extension completely folded into the recess in the body of the cart plus handhold or grasp recesses at the rear of the upper removable tray and in the surface of the work surface.

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the top thereof with compartmented bowls visible in place in the top of the tray and the front work surface in a fully deployed or folded out position.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof with the front work surface completely folded out as in FIG. 6 and the rear handle visible as it is also shown in FIG. 6.

FIG. 8 is a top view of the removable tray removed from the cart with the interior bowls visible through the clear plastic cover or top, shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

FIG. 9 is a side view thereof removed from the cart showing the shallow feet extending from the bottom, which feet interfit with the orifices in the top of the cart plus a hand hold in the clear plastic cover shown in its closed position, shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

FIG. 10 is a view of the opposite side thereof showing a drain near the bottom to drain out water, shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

FIG. 11 is an end elevation view thereof, shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

FIG. 12 is an opposite end elevation view thereof shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

FIG. 13 is a view of the bottom thereof showing the small feet which serve to support the tray on a supporting surface other than the top of the cart itself and which fit into matching depressions on the top of the cart itself to maintain alignment and interengagement of the two when interengaged, shown separately for clarity of illustration only; and,

FIG. 14 is an isometric view of one side and end with the clear plastic top and ice compartment lid pivoted upwardly, shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

The broken line showing of hinges and drain is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

I claim the ornamental design for a barbecue utility server cart, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D557870
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 24, 2005
Date of Patent: Dec 18, 2007
Inventor: Christopher D. MacMillan (Wind Gap, PA)
Primary Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Assistant Examiner: Kevin K. Rudzinski
Attorney: Charles A. Wilkinson
Application Number: 29/222,387