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A household and shopping laundry cart has a cart basket (1) with a first-side wheel (7) and a second-side wheel (8) that are positioned on sides aft of a linear center. A tow handle (10) is pivotal vertically on a tow hitch (11) on a front-end wall (4). A stair-climber incline (14) is extended slant

A household and shopping laundry cart has a cart basket (1) with a first-side wheel (7) and a second-side wheel (8) that are positioned on sides aft of a linear center. A tow handle (10) is pivotal vertically on a tow hitch (11) on a front-end wall (4). A stair-climber incline (14) is extended slantingly downward and rearward from near a front of a bottom (6) of the cart basket to the wheels. A front support (15) proximate a front-bottom edge holds the cart basket level when stopped on a horizontal surface and aids in stair climbing. A basket cover (13) is extendable from a first top side (53) to a second top side (56). Side walls of the basket are tapered inwardly from-top-to-bottom for telescopic storage of a plurality of the household and shopping laundry carts.

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What is claimed is: 1. A household and shopping laundry cart comprising: a cart basket (1) having a first-side wall (2), a second-side wall (3), a front-end wall (4), an aft-end wall (5) and a bottom (6); the first-side wall (2), the second-side wall (3), the front-end wall (4), and the aft-end wal

What is claimed is: 1. A household and shopping laundry cart comprising: a cart basket (1) having a first-side wall (2), a second-side wall (3), a front-end wall (4), an aft-end wall (5) and a bottom (6); the first-side wall (2), the second-side wall (3), the front-end wall (4), and the aft-end wall (5) being angled predeterminedly from the bottom (6) outwardly to top edges thereof for a basket entry having a larger area than the bottom (6); at least one first-side wheel (7) oppositely disposed from at least one second-side wheel (8) predeterminedly aft of a center of the cart basket (1); the first-side wheel (7) and the second-side wheel (8) being rotational on axles (9) which are positioned predeterminedly proximate the bottom (6); a tow handle (10) pivotal vertically on a tow hitch (11) predeterminedly proximate the front-end wall (4); a handle border (12) proximate tops of the first-side wall (2), the second-side wall (3), the front-end wall (4), and the aft-end wall (5) predeterminedly; the handle border (12) including a rounded handle border (45) articulated for being hand-grasped by users having a predetermined range of sizes of hands; a basket cover (13) positioned predeterminedly over the basket entry intermediate tops of the first-side wall (2) and the second-side wall (3); the basket cover (13) includes a flexible cover (50) having a rod end (51) attached to a roll rod (52); the roll rod (52) is attached rotationally to a first top side (53) of the cart basket (1); the flexible cover (50) includes a handle end (54) with an end stiffener (55) that is attachable to a second top side (56) of the cart basket (1) for covering the cart basket (1) and desired contents thereof with a length of the flexible cover (50) that is unrolled from the roll rod (52) and positioned intermediate the first-top side (53) and the second top side (56) selectively; at least one stair-climber incline (14) extended slantingly downward and rearward from intermediate a front of the bottom (6) and the axles (9) to beneath an axis of the axles (9) predeterminedly; at least one front support (15) extended downwardly from proximate the front of the bottom (6) for cooperating with the first-side wheel (7) and the second-side wheel (8) in supporting the cart basket (1) in a predeterminedly horizontal orientation when the household and shopping laundry cart is on a horizontal surface; the front support (15) includes a pivotal support (48) having predetermined forward pivot to a forward-slant stop (49) and rearward pivot to horizontality; and the cart basket (1) includes a laundry basket articulated to contain a class of items that include a predetermined washer load of laundry. 2. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the laundry basket (1) includes a utility basket articulated to contain a predetermined load of a class of items that includes shopping articles, household items and an infant. 3. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the first-side wheel (7) and the second-side wheel (8) include rough-terrain wheels (16) having predeterminedly large diameters which are rotational on axles (9) which are positioned predeterminedly proximate a bottom surface of the bottom (6). 4. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the first-side wheel (7) and the second-side wheel (8) include smooth-terrain wheels (18) having predeterminedly small diameters and are positioned for rotation predeterminedly below a bottom surface of the bottom (6). 5. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 and further comprising: resilient suspension (19) intermediate the cart basket (1) and the axles (9); the resilient wheel suspension (19) includes a first bar spring (20) extended slantingly downward and rearward from intermediate a front of a first side of the bottom (6) and the axles (9) to beneath the axes of the axles (9) for attachment of a first axle (21) of the first-side wheel (7); and the resilient wheel suspension (19) includes a second bar spring (23) extended slantingly downward and rearward from intermediate a front of a second side of the bottom (6) and the axles (9) to beneath the axes of the axles (9) for attachment of a second axle (24) of the second-side wheel (8). 6. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 5 wherein: the first-side wheel (7) and the second-side wheel (8) include the smooth-terrain wheels(18). 7. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 5 wherein: the first bar spring (20) and the second bar spring (23) are articulated to include in combination a double-bar stair-climber incline (26); the first bar spring (20) includes a first-wheel axle (21) that is orthogonal to the first bar spring (20); and the second bar spring (23) includes a second-wheel axle (24) that is orthogonal to the second bar spring (23). 8. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the tow handle (10) includes a U-rod handle (26) having a first handle rod (27) pivotal vertically on a first side of a top portion of the front-end wall (4) and having a second handle rod (28) pivotal vertically on a second side of the top portion of the front-end wall (4); and the first handle rod (27) and the second handle rod (28) are joined at obtuse angles to a U-handle (29). 9. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the tow handle (10) includes an adjustable-length handle (30) having a first handle base (31) pivotal vertically proximate the first side of the top portion of the front-end wall (4) and having a second handle (32) pivotal vertically proximate a second side of the top portion of the front-end wall (4); the first handle base (31) and the second handle base (32) are joined to an adjustable-length rod (33) having a rod handle (34) proximate a handle end; and the adjustable-length rod (33) is telescopically adjustable with at least one external member (35) articulated for receiving at least one internal member (36) telescopically. 10. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the front support (15) includes a pivotal support (48) having predetermined forward pivot to a forward-slant stop (49). 11. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the basket cover (13) includes a roll base (57) attachable to the first top side (53); and a roll spring (58) is attached to the roll base (57) and articulated to transmit rotational roll-on tension to the roll rod (52) for rolling the flexible cover (50) onto the roll rod (52). 12. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 11 and further comprising: a roll stop (59) positioned on the roll base (57) and articulated for lock-stopping rotation of the roll rod (52) and thereby preventing of rolling of the flexible cover (54) onto and off from the roll rod (52) selectively. 13. The household and shopping cart of claim 12 wherein: the roll stop (59) includes a stop lock (60) having a stop handle (61) articulated for engagement and disengagement of the stop lock (60) with a lock gear (62) on the roll rod (52) selectively. 14. The household and shopping cart of claim 13 wherein: the end stiffener (55) includes at least one cover handle (63); and the second top side (56) includes at least one cover hook (46). 15. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the basket cover (13) includes the at least one cover handle (63) and the cart basket (1) includes the at least one cover hook (46). 16. The household and shopping laundry cart of claim 1 wherein: the first-side wall (2), the second-side wall (3), the front-end wall (4), and the aft-end wall (5) of the laundry basket are made of plastic material with predetermined apertures for air circulation and for minimizing weight per appropriate strength of the laundry basket.