Land vehicles – Wheeled – Body with bracketed-type or nonsuspended axles
Reissue Patent
1997-11-19
2001-09-04
Camby, Richard M. (Department: 3611)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Body with bracketed-type or nonsuspended axles
C280S079110
Reissue Patent
active
RE037350
ABSTRACT:
This application includes the subject matter of Applicant's Disclosure Document No. 349261, filed Mar. 1, 1994, entitled “Bucket Dolly”.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention includes a wheeled dolly with an upwardly extending edge that conforms to the size of a standard five gallon bucket.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
When working with construction materials in a five gallon pail bucket, such as spackle or paint, it is necessary to move around whatever materials one is working with by picking up the pail up to move it. Placing the bucket upon a standard flat dolly undesirably enhances the possibility of tipping the pail and its contents as it is being pushed or pulled.
It is known to provide janitorial wash buckets with built in castors to move the buckets around a floor. However, it is not known to provide a dolly for insertion of buckets therein to move the buckets without having to actually pick up the buckets.
Moreover, while it is known to insert small bucket stacker shelved portions within a non-movable bucket, such as the “Stacker Packer” of Duluth Trading Co., St. Paul, Minn. 55107, the “Bucket Stackers” also of Duluth Trading Co. and the custom tray sets of Journeyman Products, Ltd. of Millersville, Md. 21108, it is not known to provide a movable dolly within which an entire bucket can be inserted for moving the bucket without having to pick up the bucket.
Prior art includes U.S. Design Pat. No. D
309
,
811
of Terrizzi, dated Aug.
7
,
1990
. Although it appears to be a bucket dolly, it does not have the tightening means disclosed in Applicant's invention.
In addition, the Terrizzi '
811
bucket dolly does not describe that the upwardly extending wall can hold a bucket snugly in lieu of a tightening means in the present invention.
Other prior art includes U.S. Pat. No.
422
,
729
of Clark which discloses a three wheeled cart for a barrel. U.S. Pat. No.
1
,
013
,
605
of Lyon discloses a cart for garbage cans wherein the garbage cans are supported by a plurality of small ledges.
U.S. Pat. No.
2
,
531
,
131
of Johnson describes a bucket holder wherein the bucket is held in place by upwardly extending braces.
U.S. Pat. No.
2
,
573
,
085
of Yonkers describes a vacuum cleaner which is supported by a plurality of curved cradle members.
U.S. Pat. No.
2
,
772
,
889
of Reynolds discloses a wheeled container support.
U.S. Pat. No.
2
,
917
,
769
of Kasper discloses a vacuum cleaner dolly wherein the vacuum cleaner is supported by upwardly extending braces.
U.S. Pat. No.
3
,
554
,
573
of Miller discloses a wheeled platform for a bucket.
U.S. Pat. No.
3
,
734
,
527
of Bard discloses a bucket chassis.
U.S. Pat. No.
5
,
123
,
667
of Stolzman discloses a movable drum chassis.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to move a bucket with construction materials without having to pick the bucket up.
It is yet another object to provide a dolly with an upwardly extending edge that conforms to the size of a standard five gallon bucket.
It is yet another object to provide a bucket dolly to push around construction materials upon a work surface, such as a floor or a driveway, without having to pick the bucket up to move it.
It is yet another object to provide a dolly which prevents the bucket from tipping as it was being pushed or pulled.
It is yet another object to provide a movable bucket dolly with wheels to distribute the weight load more evenly.
It is a further object to provide a bucket dolly with wheels which can be raised or lowered to lower the center of gravity, to help avoid tipping.
It is yet another object to provide a cleaner work environment in construction to avoid messy jobs.
It is yet another object to provide a bucket dolly to enable painters or spacklers to move spackle or paint buckets without picking up the buckets.
It is a further object to provide a bucket dolly which enables a worker to provide a movable stack of pails on top of each other to move construction materials around without the workers having to get out of their stilts.
It is yet another object to improve over the disadvantages of the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In keeping with these objects and others which will become apparent, the present invention consists of a dolly with an upwardly extending edge, about 3 to 5 inches high, that conforms to the size of a standard five gallon bucket and enables the bucket to be inserted therein.
The bucket dolly includes a base portion with equidistantly spaced rollers, such as wheels or castors, to be able to push around a bucket with whatever materials a worker is working with, without having to pick the bucket up to move it. The upwardly extending edge on the dolly prevents the bucket from tipping as it is being pushed or pulled. Additional wheels or castors can be added to distribute the weight load more evenly. The wheels or castors can be raised or lowered to lower the center of gravity, to help avoid tipping of the bucket within the dolly.
The bucket dolly can be used by a person sealing a driveway with a five gallon bucket and a roller. The dolly enables the bucket to be moved without having to pick the bucket up. As a result, the worker can work cleaner, because driveway sealing is a messy job.
Painters or spacklers can also benefit from being able to move the spackle or paint buckets around the floor. Spacklers can also stack buckets on top of each other as they normally do so that they can reach into the uppermost bucket and move their stack of buckets around without having to get down out of their stilts or scaffold.
REFERENCES:
patent: D. 309811 (1990-08-01), Terrizzi
patent: 422729 (1890-04-01), Clark
patent: 1013605 (1912-01-01), Lyon
patent: 2531131 (1950-11-01), Johnson
patent: 2573085 (1951-10-01), Yonkers
patent: 2772889 (1956-12-01), Reynolds
patent: 2917769 (1959-12-01), Kasper
patent: 3554573 (1971-01-01), Miller
patent: 3734527 (1973-05-01), Bard
patent: 5123667 (1992-06-01), Stolzman
Camby Richard M.
Walker Alfred M.
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