| CPC B62B 3/02 (2013.01) [B62B 2202/10 (2013.01); B62B 2205/006 (2013.01); B62B 2501/06 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A pallet support cart having an upwardly facing top support surface, comprising:
an elongated left side side beam and an elongated right side side beam, each extending from a front end to a rear end of the cart, the left and right side beams having a side top wall perpendicular to and over a side vertical wall, the respective front ends of the side vertical walls each including at least one bolt receiving hole over at least one axle receiving hole therethrough, the respective rear ends of the side vertical walls including at least one bolt receiving hole over at least one axle receiving hole therethrough, positioned as a symmetrical mirror image of the bolt receiving holes and axle receiving holes through the front ends of the side vertical walls, whereby the left and right side beams are interchangeable;
a front cross beam having a left end and a right end, extending perpendicularly from the left side beam to the right side beam at the front end of the cart, the front cross beam having a front top wall perpendicular to a front vertical wall;
a rear cross beam having a left end and a right end, extending perpendicularly from the left side beam to the right side beam at the rear end of the cart, the rear cross beam having a rear top wall perpendicular to a rear vertical wall;
a left front clip having an L-shaped cross section at a left front corner of the cart, with a front arm parallel to the front cross beam and a side arm perpendicular the front arm and parallel to the left side beam, the front arm having a bolt receiving hole therethrough, over an axle receiving hole therethrough, the side arm configured symmetrically to the front arm, and a right front clip at a right front corner of the cart, dimensioned substantially identical to the left front clip;
a left rear clip having an L-shaped cross section at a left rear corner of the cart, with a rear arm parallel to the rear cross beam, and a rear-side arm perpendicular to the rear arm, and parallel to the left side beam, the rear arm having at least one bolt receiving hole over at least one axle receiving hole therethrough, and the rear-side arm configured symmetrically to the rear arm, and a right rear clip at a right rear corner of the cart having substantially identical dimensions as the left front clip;
the front beam bolted to the left side beam and the left front clip at the left front corner, and the front beam bolted to the right side beam and the right front clip at the right front corner;
the rear beam bolted to the left side beam and the left rear clip at the left rear corner, and the rear beam bolted to the right side beam and the right rear clip at the right rear corner;
a wheel functionally coupled to an axle extending through the axle receiving holes through the left and right side beams and front and rear clips at the left and right front and rear corners; and
wherein the cart, including the front beam, left and right side beams, rear beam, clips, wheels and axles are constructed of materials strong enough and configured to transport a pallet loaded with at least 2000 pounds.
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