1. A cot storage cart for storing a plurality of sleeping cots, comprising: a base assembly, said base assembly including a supporting area having a first end and a second end, said supporting area having a plurality of spacers attached thereto, adjacent spacers defining a plurality of grooves, said base assembly having means for permitting removal of said cots, said cot removal permitting means being formed along one of said first and said second ends of said base assembly, said base assembly having a length dimension and width dimension; support means attached to said base assembly and extending upwardly therefrom; and an upper support assembly including a pair of end pieces extending outboardly of the width dimension of said base assembly, and a horizontal member extending between a first end of respective ones of each of said end pieces, said horizontal member having a plurality of notches formed in it, individual ones of said notch plurality of said horizontal member being aligned with individual ones of said groove plurality of said base assembly, and guard means removably mounted to said upper support assembly between a second end of respective ones of each of said end pieces.

4. A cot storage cart for storing a plurality of sleeping cots, said sleeping cots including a frame having a first end and a second end, a pair of spaced legs extending outwardly from the frame along each of said first and said second ends, said frame further including a first outboard side and a second outboard side between said first and second ends, which comprises: a base assembly, said base assembly including a supporting area, said supporting area having a length dimension, a width dimension, a first end and a second end, a plurality of spacers attached to said supPorting area along said width dimension, adjacent spacers defining a plurality of grooves, said grooves being arranged to receive one of said first and said second ends of the cot frame of an individual one of said cot plurality, said width dimension of said supporting area being less than the distance between said spaced legs of said cot frame so as to permit said legs to lie outboard of said supporting area, said base assembly including means for permitting removal of said cot plurality, said removal permitting means being formed along said second end of said base assembly; support means attached to said base assembly and extending upwardly therefrom; and an upper support assembly including a pair of end pieces extending outboard of the width dimension of said base assembly, and a horizontal member extending between a first end of each of said end pieces, said horizontal member having a plurality of notches formed in it, individual ones of said notches being aligned with respective ones of said grooves so as to permit the engagement by the notches of the frame of an individual one of said cot plurality between said first and said second ends of said cot frame on the first side of said frame, and guard means removably mounted to said upper support assembly between a second end of each of said end pieces, said guard means adapted to abut the cot frame of individual ones of said cot plurality between said first and said second ends of said cot frame on the second side of said frame.

6. A cot storage cart for storing a plurality of sleeping cots, said cots including a frame having a first end and a second end, a pair of spaced legs extending outwardly from said frame along each of said first and said second ends, said frame having a first side and a second side, each of said sides extending between said first and second ends, said cot storage cart comprising: a base assembly, said base assembly including a supporting area having a length dimension, a width dimension, a first end and a second end, said supporting area having a plurality of spacers attached to it along said width dimension, adjacent spacers defining a plurality of grooves, each of said grooves being arranged to receive one of said first and said second ends of the cot frame of an individual one of said cot plurality, said width dimension of said supporting area being less the distance between said spaced legs of said cot frame so as to permit said legs to extend outboard of said supporting area, said base assembly including means for permitting removal of said cots, said removal permitting means being formed along said second end of said base assembly; support means attached to said base assembly and extending upwardly therefrom; and an upper support assembly including a pair of end pieces extending outboard of the width dimension of said base assembly, said upper support assembly including a horizontal member extending between a first end of each of said end pieces, said horizontal member having a plurality of notches formed in it, individual ones of said notches being aligned with respective ones of said grooves so as to permit the engagement by said notches of the cot frame of an individual one of said cot plurality between said first and said second ends of said cot frame on the first side of said frame.