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Compact carrier devices with stub walls, including wagons, carts and wheelbarrows, are disclosed, which include fixed, stowable and/or pivoting wheels, as well as stowable handles. In various embodiments, simple manually manipulable methods latch each wheel and handle in stowed flat positions within

Compact carrier devices with stub walls, including wagons, carts and wheelbarrows, are disclosed, which include fixed, stowable and/or pivoting wheels, as well as stowable handles. In various embodiments, simple manually manipulable methods latch each wheel and handle in stowed flat positions within the overall perimeter and profile of the devices, which effectively allows the devices to fold to an ultra flat profile without any wheel or component being detached. Associated innovations include unique nesting methods, both unique center push/pull handles and U shaped handle designs, unique handle access panels, device couplers, simple methods to fixate or allow device wheels/axles to rotate, as well as snap on accessories which are designed to hold drink containers, fishing rods and implements.

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1. A wheeled carrier device comprising:a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least two wheel assemblies affixed on opposite sides of said carrier device stub walls, each wheel assembly defining four walls substa

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A wheeled carrier device comprising:a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least two wheel assemblies affixed on opposite sides of said carrier device stub walls, each wheel assembly defining four walls substantially perpendicular to the wheel assembly base and a wheel assembly cover, creating both a wheel assembly periphery and an interior cavity; which wheel assembly in the operative position substantially occupies the stub wall horizontal profile and includes at least one outer facing and at least one oppositely oriented inner facing wall and the wheel assembly interior cavity further includes both wheel assembly mounting means and wheel attaching means interconnected to a wheel; and each said wheel assembly and interconnected wheel being movable between a first, latched operative position wherein said wheel is erected to provide rolling support for said carrier device and wherein the plane defined by said wheel assembly and interconnected wheel extends substantially orthogonally to the base member of the carrier device, and a second, stowed, latched position, the plane defined by said wheel assembly and interconnected wheel being swept through an angle during movement of said wheel assemblies between said first and second positions such that the plane defined by the wheel assembly and interconnected wheel in the second position extends substantially parallel with the base member of said carrier device, and said wheel in the second position being disposed within the outer perimeter defined by the carrier device stub walls and in said first operative position the wheel assembly's outer wall substantially melds with the contiguous outer stub wall profile, and in the second, stowed positions of said wheel assembly the outer stub wall profile is interrupted revealing a cavity, and the wheel assembly is at least close to perpendicular to said wheel assembly's first operative position; and said wheel attaching means for the at least one wheel including an elongate wheel support element, including an uppermost portion received by the base of the wheel assembly, entering within the interior cavity of the wheel assembly, said further portion terminating in a second end, and said wheel assembly including a further terminal fixing member cavity therein disposed adjacent to the second end, and said wheel assembly further comprising a terminal fixing member affixed to said second end of said wheel support element and received in said terminal fixing member cavity; and housed substantially within the wheel assembly periphery are transversely disposed, oppositely extending mounting elements, which pass through the wheel assembly periphery and are received in adjacent facing portions of the carrier device stub walls recessed substantially within the thickness of the contiguous stub wall, about which the wheel assembly pivots between the first and second said positions, and at least one latching means which positively latches the wheel assembly against movement when in both the first and second positions is one and the same means, which latch means selectively engages between a portion of the stub wall contiguous to the wheel assembly and a portion of the periphery of the wheel assembly; and a push and pull handle secured to the carrier device, said handle being movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position closely adjacent to the base member, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device and when occupying the stowed position, at least a part of the handle being positioned within at least one opening formed within a portion of the elongate stub wall, closest to the said handle securing means, which elongate stub wall defines a plane, and said opening has two facing wall portions which are aligned substantially orthogonally to the elongate stub wall plane, retaining means closely proximate to said opening, the retaining means comprising at least one male-female connection between the handle and the walls proximate to said opening for resiliently retaining the handle in at least one further position, in addition to said first operative position, with a retention force which can be overcome by manual movement of said handle. 2. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said latching means, which provides latching in both the operative and stowed position, is one and the same means.3. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said manually releasable latching means is integrated into each of said wheel assemblies.4. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said manually releasable latching means is disposed within the side elevational profile of the carrier device.5. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said manually releasable latching means includes at least one spring-biased latch.6. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said manually releasable latching means includes at least one resiliently mounted, manually operated latch member.7. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said wheel assemblies include a wheel support member received between adjacent spaced facing portions of said carrier device, and wherein said latching means includes at least one spring biased latch for, in a latched state, engaging one of said facing portions of said carrier device to latch said wheel support member in place and thus latch the associated wheel assembly in the first, operative position thereof.8. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said latching means include first and second spring-biased latches which each engage recessed portions of the carrier device in the latched state thereof, and finger-activated release means for disengaging said latches from the latched states thereof.9. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a first latch comprises a first latch member and a first biasing spring disposed in a cavity in said wheel assemblies and a second latch comprises a second latch member and a second biasing spring further disposed in a cavity in said wheel assemblies, and portions of said carrier device each including a respective recess in which a respective latch member is received in the latched state thereof.10. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least part of said handle is positioned within an opening between facing portions of said stub walls, closely adjacent to the base member, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; and said handle includes two through bolt holes, in near proximity to to the handle securement end; and wherein said device further comprises: at a handle securement end, a pivot member with a cavity which receives the handle butt end and which member includes a through hole matching the handle through bolt holes; at least two protrusions extending from the carrier device stub walls adjacent to the handle securement position each with at least one inward facing wall, each protrusion including a bolt receiving hole passing through such protrusions; a securing bolt passing through the first of the stub wall protrusion bolt receiving holes, through the pivot member bolt hole, through the bolt holes in said handle, through the other end of the pivot member, and through the second stub wall protrusion hole; and an end cap received on said bolt securing the handle and securement components for the handle to said carrier device.11. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein adjacent facing portions of said carrier device include facing cavities therein and at least two of said wheel assemblies include oppositely extending mounting elements which are received in said cavities and about which the associated wheel assembly pivots.12. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein transverse extending pivot elements comprise oppositely extending mounting portions of said wheel assembly.13. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said wheel assemblies each includes a spring biased retaining means for retaining said wheel assemblies in the operative position thereof and in the inoperative position thereof, and a movable mounting member to which a respective wheel is affixed, each said retaining means further comprising a resilient male-female connection between said movable mounting member and a fixed member of the carrier device.14. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a formed, selectively removable sleeve is resiliently connected to a portion of the carrier device stub wall, which sleeve at least partly surrounds and selectively retains beverage containers, umbrellas, fishing rods and implements.15. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one wheel includes an outer rim and a central hub and said hub including a transverse opening therein, and said wheel assembly for said at least one wheel including a wheel support member, and an elongate wheel support element, said wheel support element including a transverse portion at its first end received in said opening in said hub and forming an axle about which said wheel rotates, and a further portion extending orthogonally to said transverse portion and being received by said wheel assembly, said further portion terminating in a second end, and said wheel assembly including a cavity therein disposed adjacent to the second end, and said wheel assembly further comprising a terminal fixing member affixed to said second end of said wheel support element and received in said cavity, said fixing member being of size and shape relative to that of said cavity so as to prevent rotation thereof in said cavity, whereby axial rotation of said further portion is prevented and thus said at least one wheel is prevented from rotation about said further portion and is limited to rotation about an axis formed by the first portion.16. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein two wheels assemblies are mounted on opposite sides of said carrier device, the wheels of said two wheel assemblies, in the second, stowed, position of said two wheel assemblies, being positioned in at least partially overlapping relationship.17. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said latching means includes a pair of oppositely disposed retaining elements and a corresponding pair of finger grips for controlling movement of the latching elements between a retaining position and a release position.18. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one of said wheel assemblies includes means for fixating a support axle for the corresponding wheel so as to prevent rotation of the corresponding wheel.19. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one of said wheel assemblies includes a wheel axle with an axis defined by a support axle, permitting 360 degree rotation of the corresponding wheel about said axis.20. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said at least one of said wheel assemblies includes a wheel mounting member including a central longitudinal throughhole through which a support shaft axle for the corresponding wheel extends and a recess in one surface thereof in communication with said throughhole, said carrier device further comprising an end cap disposed in said recess and connected to one end of said support shaft, the other end of said support shaft being connected to the corresponding wheel.21. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a user selectable, manually manipulable means permitting selective fixation of an axle of the wheel of at least one of the wheel assemblies against rotation, as well as selectively permitting 360 degree axial rotation of said wheel.22. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein not less than two of said carrier devices nest upon each other when the wheels and handles of said devices are in their stowed positions.23. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the side elevational profile of the outer perimeter of one carrier device base member nests at least partly within at least a portion of the side elevational profile of a contiguous carrier device base member's stub walls when the wheels and handles of said devices are in their stowed positions.24. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein not less than two of said carrier devices couple by virtue of interconnectors, each such interconnector being mounted to a respective carrier device, and in the operative position the interconnector coupling is at least partly outside the perimeter of each said device, and one such carrier device handle controls rolling movement of at least two coupled carrier devices.25. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one first coupling interconnector is movably mounted to a part of the base member, and in a first operative position is at least close to parallel with the side elevational profile of said base member, where it couples with a second interconnector movably mounted to at least one other carrier device, and the at least one first coupling interconnector is movable to a second stowed position closely adjacent to at least part of the carrier device base member, within the side elevational profile of the carrier device.26. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one interconnector, when moved to an operative position, may also serve to allow the carrier device to be hung on a wall by receiving suitable wall hanging means.27. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the handle's securement is at a position at least partly within an opening within the plane of the base member stub walls, and at least a part of the handle is positioned within said opening in said stub walls in the stowed position.28. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the handle is secured to the carrier device at least partly in a plane outside the plane formed by the outer perimeter of the base member stub walls, and at least a part of the handle is positioned within said opening in said stub walls in the stowed position.29. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said push and pull handle is secured to the carrier device at least partly in a plane outside the plane formed by the inner perimeter of the base member stub walls, and at least a part of the handle is positioned within an opening between facing portions of said stub walls to occupy the stowed position, and retaining means are formed from said facing wall portions of the aforesaid stub wall opening, at least near to the plane of said stub walls, immediately adjacent to said opening, and the retaining means comprise at least one male-female connection between the handle and the facing walls such that the retention means cooperate to resiliently retain the handle in at least one position besides the operative position, which resiliently retained position may be overcome by manual movement of said handle.30. A carrier device in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least part of said handle is positioned within an opening between facing portions of said stub walls, closely adjacent to the base member, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; and said device further comprises: an opening within the plane and side elevational profile of said stub walls in near proximity to the handle securement position; an access panel, removably mounted to a portion of the carrier device, in near proximity to the handle securement position; and wherein: said access panel is movable between a first, operative position resiliently and substantially occupying said opening, within the side elevational profile of the device stub walls; said panel is of a shape to substantially emulate the side elevational profile of the adjacent stub walls when occupying said operative position; a second, stowed position of said panel which permits movement of said handle to a stowed handle position at least partly through said stub wall opening and substantially within the side elevational profile of the device; the handle is resiliently retained in at least one non-operative position at least partly by resilient contact with at least one surface of said access panel, when said panel is in the stowed position.31. A carrier device in accordance with claim 8, wherein said finger actuated release means includes spaced access openings in said wheel assembly and a respective opening in each of said latch members for enabling the latching members to be moved toward each other against the biasing force of said springs to release said latch members from the said recessed portions of said carrier device.32. A carrier device in accordance with claim 29, wherein the handle securement end includes at least one shaped aspect in near proximity thereto, which at least one shaped aspect causes resilient contact with a least one corresponding shaped area of at least one facing wall of the said stub wall opening.33. A carrier device in accordance with claim 29, wherein the at least one male resilient connector is a retractable detente, and the manual movement causes the detente to retract, permitting the handle to be moved past the resilient contact between said detente and the at least one facing wall of said stub wall.34. A carrier device in accordance with claim 29, wherein the manual movement of said handle is partial rotation of the handle, such that the handle shape may occupy a different axis, which permits selective rotation to engage intermediate resilient male-female positioning, and also permits selective further rotation to attain stowed and operative handle positioning.35. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein the access panel includes at least one shaped lower extremity movably mounted at least near to the base member, and said panel moves from the first, operative position, to a second, stowed position at least partly within the side elevational profile of the upper edge of the carrier device base member.36. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein the access panel, in the first, operative position, includes resilient retaining means, such means comprising a resilient male-female connection between at least part of the access panel and the carrier device stub walls.37. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein the access panel, in the first, operative position, includes a shaped portion, which substantially emulates the shape of the adjacent stub wall, and the access panel is resiliently retained to at least a part of said contiguous stub wall.38. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein said access panel, when in both the operative and stowed positions, includes means permitting a resilient connection between said handle and said access panel.39. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein said access panel, when in both the operative and stowed positions, includes inward facing protrusions which selectively, resiliently retain the handle, and said access panel is also retained in the first, operative position by at least one resilient connection between said carrier device stub walls and the access panel and is further retained in the second, stowed position by at least one resilient connection between said carrier device base member and the access panel.40. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein the access panel is moved laterally along the carrier device stub wall between the first, operative position and the second, stowed position.41. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein the access panel is moved vertically, away from the direction of the rolling surface, along the carrier device stub wall to the first, operative position and vertically retracted to the second stowed position.42. A carrier device in accordance with claim 32, wherein said access panel, when in both the operative and stowed positions, includes means permitting a resilient connection between said access panel and said handle.43. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least one wheel assembly affixed to said carrier device, said wheel assembly including a wheel axle and wheel defining a plane, and said wheel assembly being movable between a first, latched operative position wherein said wheel is erected to provide rolling support for said carrier device and wherein the plane defined by the said wheel extends substantially orthogonally to the base member of the carrier device, and a second, stowed, latched position, the plane defined by said wheel being swept through an angle during movement of said wheel assembly between said first and second positions such that the plane defined by said wheel in the second position of said wheel assembly extends substantially parallel with the base member of said carrier device, and said wheel in the second position being disposed substantially within the outer perimeter defined by the carrier device stub walls; each wheel assembly which incorporates the wheel axle is mounted by oppositely extending mounting elements, and in said first operative position the wheel assembly's outer wall substantially melds with the contiguous outer stub wall profile, and in the second, stowed position of said wheel assembly the outer stub wall profile is interrupted revealing a cavity, and the wheel assembly is at least close to perpendicular to said wheel assembly's first operative position; releasable latching means for providing selective retention of said wheel assembly in the first, operative position thereof and in the second, stowed position thereof; a push and pull handle secured to the carrier device, and movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position closely adjacent to the base member, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; at least one underside support which is movable from a first, operative position substantially orthogonal to the side elevational profile of the device base, wherein the support affords support between the device base and a rolling surface, to a second, stowed position substantially parallel with the side elevational profile of said carrier device, and being disposed within the outer perimeter defined by the base member, andsaid handle comprising at least two elongate portions at least partly contained within a handle receiving latitudinal cavity formed from the stub walls of the carrier device; at least one further opening is formed from said handle receiving latitudinal cavity on each of two opposing sides of said stub walls, and handle latching means, movably mounted to the carrier device proximate to said handle receiving latitudinal cavity openings, which interact with a portion of said handle at said openings, and the handle is movable through the handle cavity between the stowed and the operative handle positions, said movably mounted latching means are movable to an operative position wherein the latching means interact with and latch the handle portion at said opening in the stub wall handle cavity to prevent forward and rearward movement of said handle portion in relation to the carrier device, and unlatching of the movable latching means from said latched position permits movement of said handle portion between said operative and stowed handle positions. 44. A carrier device in accordance with claim 43, wherein said latching means comprises a single latching means for providing latching in both the operative and stowed position means.45. A carrier device in accordance with claim 43, wherein at least one of said wheel assemblies includes releasable means for fixating the position of the corresponding wheel about said axis defined by a support axle for said wheel and for, when released, permitting 360 degree rotation of the corresponding wheel about said axis.46. A carrier device in accordance with claim 43, further comprising a user selectable, manually manipulable means permitting selective fixation of an axle of the wheel of at least one of the wheel assemblies against rotation, as well as selectively permitting 360 degree axial rotation of said wheel.47. A carrier device in accordance with claim 43, wherein not less than two of said carrier devices nest upon each other when the wheels and handles of said devices are in their stowed positions.48. A carrier device in accordance with claim 43, wherein the handle is substantially “U”-shaped.49. A carrier device in accordance with claim 43, wherein: said handle is substantially “U”-shaped and is at least partly contained within a cavity formed from the stub walls of the carrier device; at least one opening is formed from said cavity which includes a pair of facing walls each including a series of resilient connectors on the facing walls of said opening surrounding the perimeter of the cavity which houses said handle; said resilient connectors correspond with resilient connectors on the at least two outer walls of a rotatable latching ring member, which latching ring is resiliently held between facing walls of said opening; said ring member has rotation limitation due to resilient connectors of the ring contacting corresponding resilient connectors along the aforesaid facing walls; at least one shaped aspect is formed in near proximity to at least one terminal end of the handle; when the handle is moved through the handle cavity between the stowed and the operative position, at least one shaped aspect moves along a correspondingly shaped guide channel formed within the handle cavity, and reaches a terminal position within a specially shaped receiving cavity inside the latching ring; when the shaped aspect of the handle is in its terminal position within the latching ring, the ring may be selectively at least partly rotated to a resiliently latched position retaining said handle against forward and rearward movement in relation to the carrier device, and selectively rotated back to a resiliently maintained release position which permits said handle to be moved to and from the stowed position.50. A wheeled carrier device according to claim 43, whereby: in near proximity to at least one terminal end of said handle is included at least one manually manipulable member which retracts at least one corresponding detente, which at least one corresponding detente serves to latch and release said handle to a fixed surface of said carrier when it occupies the operative position; the manually manipulable member is accessible through at least one opening in the cavity portion of the base member stub wall housing the handle.51. A carrier device in accordance with claim 48, wherein at least one stage of the handle is selectively pivotable in relation to at least one other handle stage, to a latched position occupying an angle displaced from the at least one other stage of said handle.52. A carrier device in accordance with claim 48, wherein in near proximity to one terminal end of the handle is included at least one manually manipulable member which retracts at least one corresponding detente, which at least one corresponding detente serves to latch and release said handle when it occupies the operative position.53. A carrier device in accordance with claim 49, wherein the manually manipulable member is accessible through at least one opening in the cavity portion of the base member stub wall housing the handle.54. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, said base member defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter defined by the perimeter of the outer face of the stub walls, and defining a second perimeter comprising the inner face of the stub walls; at least three wheels which provide rolling support for the base member of the carrier device; a push and pull handle secured by handle securing means to the carrier device and movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position closely adjacent to the base member substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; said handle securing means being disposed at least partly in a plane outside the plane formed by the perimeter of the base member stub walls, and when occupying the stowed position, at least a part of the handle being positioned within at least one opening formed within a portion of the elongate stub wall, closest to the handle securing means, which elongate stub wall defines a plane, and said opening has two facing wall portions which are aligned substantially orthogonally to the elongate stub wall plane, retaining means closely proximate to said opening, the retaining means comprising at least one male-female connection between the handle and the walls proximate to said opening for resiliently retaining the handle in at least one further position, in addition to said first operative position, with a retention force which can be overcome by manual movement of said handle.55. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least three wheels which provide rolling support to the base member of the carrier device; a push and pull handle secured to the carrier device in a position outside the plane defined by the inner perimeter of the stub walls of the carrier device, said handle including a butt end nearest to the end secured to the carrier device which is movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position whereby at least part of said handle is positioned within an opening between facing portions of said stub walls, closely adjacent to the base member, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; said handle includes two through bolt holes, in near proximity to the handle butt end; at the handle butt end, a pivot member with a cavity which receives the handle butt end and which member includes a through hole matching the handle through bolt holes; at least two protrusions extending from the carrier device stub walls adjacent to the handle securing position each with at least one inward facing wall, each protrusion including a bolt receiving hole passing through such protrusions; a securing bolt passes through the first of the stub wall protrusion bolt receiving holes, through the pivot member bolt hole, through the elongated bolt holes in said handle, through the other end of the pivot member, and through the second stub wall protrusion hole; a terminal fixing member is received on said bolt securing the handle and its securing components to said carrier device.56. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least three wheels which provide rolling support to said base member of the carrier device; a push and pull handle secured to the carrier device in a position outside the plane defined by the inner perimeter of the stub walls of the carrier device, which is also movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position whereby at least part of said handle is positioned within an opening between facing portions of said stub walls, closely adjacent to the base member, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; an opening within the plane and side elevational profile of said stub walls in near proximity to the handle securement position; an access covering, removably mounted to a portion of the carrier device, in near proximity to the handle securement position; said access covering is movable between a first, operative position resiliently and substantially occupying said opening, within the side elevational profile of the device stub walls; said covering is of a shape to substantially emulate the side elevational profile of the adjacent stub walls when occupying said operative position; a second, stowed position of said covering which permits movement of said handle to a stowed handle position at least partly through said stub wall opening and substantially within the side elevational profile of the device; the handle is resiliently retained in at least one non-operative position at least partly by resilient contact with at least one surface of the carrier device.57. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least one wheel providing rolling support to said base member of the carrier device; at least one base underside support between the base member and the rolling surface; a push and pull handle secured to the carrier device, which is also movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; said handle is substantially “U”-shaped and is at least partly contained within a cavity formed from the stub walls of the carrier device; in near proximity to at least one terminal end of said handle is included at least one manually manipulable member which retracts at least one corresponding detente, which at least one corresponding detente serves to latch and release said handle to a fixed surface of said carrier when it occupies the operative position; the manually manipulable member is accessible through at least one opening in the cavity portion of the base member stub wall housing the handle.58. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least one wheel providing rolling support to said base member of the carrier device; at least one base underside support between the base member and the rolling surface; a push and pull handle secured to the carrier device, which is also movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position closely adjacent to the base member; said handle is substantially “U”-shaped and is at least partly contained within a cavity formed from the stub walls of the carrier device; at least one opening is formed from said cavity which includes a pair of facing walls each including a series of resilient connectors on the facing walls of said opening, surrounding the perimeter of the cavity which houses said handle; said resilient connectors correspond with resilient connectors on the at least two outer walls of a rotatable latching ring member, which latching ring is resiliently held between facing walls of said opening; said ring member has rotation limitation due to resilient connectors of the ring contacting corresponding resilient connectors along the aforesaid facing walls; at least one shaped aspect is formed in near proximity to at least one terminal end of the handle; when the handle is moved through the handle cavity between the stowed and the operative position, the at least one shaped aspect moves along a correspondingly shaped guide channel formed within the handle cavity, and reaches a terminal position within a specially shaped receiving cavity inside the latching ring; when the shaped aspect of the handle is in its terminal position within the latching ring, the ring may be selectively at least partly rotated to a resiliently latched position retaining said handle against forward and rearward movement in relation to the carrier device, and selectively rotated back to a resiliently maintained release position which permits said handle to be moved to and from the stowed position.59. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least one wheel providing rolling support to said base member of the carrier device; at least one base underside support between the base member and the rolling surface; a push and pull handle secured to the carrier device, which is also movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position closely adjacent to the base member substantially within the outer perimeter of said device; said handle comprising at least two elongate portions at least partly contained within a handle receiving latitudinal cavity formed from the stub walls of the carrier device; at least one further opening is formed from said handle receiving latitudinal cavity on each of two opposing sides of said stub walls, and handle latching means, movably mounted to the carrier device proximate to said handle receiving latitudinal cavity openings, which interact with a portion of said handle at said openings, and the handle is movable through the handle cavity between the stowed and the operative handle positions, said movably mounted latching means are movable to an operative position wherein the latching means interact with and latch the handle portion at said opening in the stub wall handle cavity to prevent forward and rearward movement of said handle portion in relation to the carrier device, and unlatching of the movable latching means from said latched position permits movement of said handle portion between said operative and stowed handle positions.60. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member and a plurality of formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least one wheel assembly housing defining four walls substantially perpendicular to the housing base and a housing cover, creating both a housing periphery and an interior cavity; which housing in the operative position substantially occupies the stub wall horizontal profile and includes at least one outer facing and at least one oppositely oriented inner facing wall and the housing interior cavity further includes both housing mounting means and wheel attaching means interconnected to a wheel; andsaid wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel being movable between a first, latched operative position wherein said wheel is erected to provide rolling support for said carrier device and wherein the plane defined by said wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel extends substantially orthogonally to the base member of the carrier device, and a second, stowed, latched position, the plane defined by said wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel being swept through an angle during movement between said first and second positions such that the plane defined by the wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel in the second position extends substantially parallel with the base member of said carrier device, and said wheel in the second position being disposed within the outer perimeter defined by the carrier device stub walls and in said first operative position the wheel assembly housing's outer wall substantially melds with the contiguous outer stub wall profile, and in the second, stowed position of said wheel assembly housing the outer stub wall profile is interrupted revealing a cavity, and the wheel assembly housing is at least close to perpendicular to said wheel assembly housing's first operative position; and the at least one wheel includes an outer rim and a central hub and said hub including a transverse opening therein, and said wheel attaching means for the at least one wheel including an elongate wheel support element, said wheel support element including a transverse portion at a first end received in said opening in said hub and forming an axle about which said wheel rotates, and a further portion extending orthogonally to said transverse portion and being received by the base of the wheel assembly housing, entering within the interior cavity of the wheel assembly housing, said further portion terminating in a second end, and said wheel assembly housing including a further terminal fixing member cavity therein disposed adjacent to the second end, and said wheel assembly housing further comprising a terminal fixing member affixed to said second end of said wheel support element and received in said terminal fixing member cavity; and housed substantially within the wheel assembly housing periphery are transversely disposed, oppositely extending mounting elements, which pass through the housing periphery and are received in adjacent facing portions of the carrier device stub walls, about which the wheel assembly housing pivots in the first and second positions, and at least one latching means which positively latches the wheel assembly housing against movement when in both the first and second positions is one and the same means, which latch means selectively engages between a portion of the stub wall contiguous to the wheel assembly housing and a portion of the periphery of the wheel assembly housing. 61. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member and a plurality of formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least one wheel assembly housing defining four walls substantially perpendicular to the housing base and a housing cover, creating both a housing periphery and an interior cavity; which housing in the operative position substantially occupies the stub wall horizontal profile and includes at least one outer facing and at least one oppositely oriented inner facing wall and the housing interior cavity further includes both housing mounting means and wheel attaching means interconnected to a wheel; andsaid wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel being movable between a first, latched operative position wherein said wheel is erected to provide rolling support for said carrier device and wherein the plane defined by said wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel extends substantially orthogonally to the base member of the carrier device, and a second, stowed, latched position, the plane defined by said wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel being swept through an angle during movement between said first and second positions such that the plane defined by the wheel assembly housing and interconnected wheel in the second position extends substantially parallel with the base member of said carrier device, and said wheel in the second position being disposed within the outer perimeter defined by the carrier device stub walls and in said first operative position the wheel assembly housing's outer wall substantially melds with the contiguous outer stub wall profile, and in the second, stowed position of said wheel assembly housing the outer stub wall profile is interrupted revealing a cavity, and the wheel assembly housing is at least close to perpendicular to said wheel assembly housing's first operative position; and the at least one wheel includes an outer rim and a central hub and said hub including a transverse opening therein, and said wheel attaching means for the at least one wheel including an elongate wheel support element, said wheel support element including a transverse portion at a first end received in said opening in said hub and forming an axle about which said wheel rotates, and a further portion extending orthogonally to said transverse portion and being received by the base of the wheel assembly housing, entering within the interior cavity of the wheel assembly housing, said further portion terminating in a second end, and said wheel assembly housing including a further terminal fixing member cavity therein disposed adjacent to the second end, and said wheel assembly housing further comprising a terminal fixing member affixed to said second end of said wheel support element and received in said terminal fixing member cavity; and housed substantially within the wheel assembly housing periphery are transversely disposed, oppositely extending mounting elements, which pass through the housing periphery and are received in adjacent facing portions of the carrier device stub walls, about which the wheel assembly housing pivots in the first and second positions, and the at least one latching means which positively latches the wheel assembly housing against movement when in both the first and second positions is one and the same means, the said latching means includes at least one spring biased latch for, in a latched state, engaging one of the facing portions of the carrier device stub walls contiguous to said wheel assembly housing, when in the first and second positions; and the latch includes at least one finger actuated latch means mounted substantially within the interior cavity of the housing protruding partly outside the housing periphery, said finger actuated latch accessible through an opening through both the outer and inner facing walls of the wheel assembly housing, for enabling the latching member to be moved against the biasing spring to selectively permit movement of the wheel assembly housing between said first and second positions. 62. A wheeled carrier device comprising: a base member including formed, upwardly projecting stub walls, defining a side elevational profile and an outer perimeter; at least three wheels which provide rolling support to the base member of the carrier device; a rigid, elongate push and pull handle including a formed grasping element, secured to the carrier device in a position outside the plane defined by the inner perimeter of the stub walls of the carrier device, said handle including at least one butt end nearest to the end secured to the carrier device which is also movable from a first operative position, to a stowed position whereby at least part of said handle is positioned within an opening between facing portions of said stub walls, closely adjacent to the base member, substantially within the side elevational profile and outer perimeter of the carrier device; said handle includes at least two through bolt holes, in near proximity to the handle butt end; at least two protrusions extending from the carrier device stub walls adjacent to the handle securing position, each protrusion including a bolt receiving hole passing through such protrusions; a securing bolt passes through the first of the stub wall protrusion bolt receiving holes, through the bolt holes in said handle at least one butt end, and through the at least second stub wall protrusion hole; a terminal fixing member is received on said bolt securing the handle to carrier device, and when occupying the said stowed position, at least a part of the handle being positioned within at least one opening formed within a portion of the elongate stub wall, closest to the handle securing means, which elongate stub wall defines a plane, and said opening has two facing wall portions which are aligned substantially orthogonally to the elongate stub wall plane, retaining means closely proximate to said opening, the retaining means comprising at least one male-female connection between the handle and the walls proximate to said opening for resiliently retaining the handle in at least one further position, in addition to said first operative position, with a retention force which can be overcome by manual movement of said handle.