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Multifunctional Landscaping Tools

The Smart Garden Cart Takes Three Handy Forms

— May 24, 2012 — Art & Design
With limited outdoor storage, compact landscaping equipment like the Smart Garden Cart is about as handy in form as it is in use. This versatile wheelbarrow helps you to more easily perform a range of yard work and only takes up the space of a slender trolly.

The object was developed with a short flat bottom platform and a much longer perpendicular surface, with two handles on the top, a retractable puller and a pair of wheels. Designer Stephen Reon Francisco modeled the handgrips on the shape of rats' ears, allowing the user to comfortably grasp them from a couple of different angles.

The Smart Garden Cart can be dragged upright as a dolly or lower as a wheelbarrow. For more awkward loads it can be hauled with the help of the shaft. When not in use, it can stand erect and act as a rack for landscaping tools like rakes and shovels.
Trend Themes
1. Compact Landscaping Equipment - The development of compact landscaping equipment like the Smart Garden Cart provides opportunities for disruptive innovation in the landscaping industry.
2. Versatile Yard Work Tools - The Smart Garden Cart's ability to transform into a dolly or wheelbarrow opens up possibilities for disruptive innovation in the outdoor tools market.
3. Multifunctional Storage Solutions - The Smart Garden Cart's design as a rack for landscaping tools presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in the storage and organization industry.
Industry Implications
1. Landscaping - The Smart Garden Cart is a disruptive innovation in the landscaping industry, providing a compact and versatile tool for yard work.
2. Outdoor Tools - The Smart Garden Cart's transformation capabilities offer opportunities for disruptive innovation in the outdoor tools industry.
3. Storage and Organization - The Smart Garden Cart's multifunctional design as a storage rack for landscaping tools can disrupt the storage and organization industry.
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