Land vehicles – Wheeled – Extensible
Reexamination Certificate
2001-10-30
2003-04-01
Johnson, Brian L. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Extensible
C280S079300, C280S047190, C280S047350, C211S153000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06540249
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention generally relates to a collapsible cart for transporting books, files, or other items from one location to another location. More particularly, this invention relates to a collapsible cart having shelves which pivot from a first position generally perpendicular with respect to a cabinet spine to a second position generally parallel with respect to the cabinet spine, doors which close flat against the shelves and the cabinet spine, and wheels mounted underneath the collapsible cart.
2. Description of Prior Art
Collapsible carts used to transport items from one location to another have been known in the art for many years. These collapsible carts vary in size and design. Many of these collapsible carts are designed to carry lightweight loads, and therefore do not have much structural support. Typically these collapsible carts are not designed for transporting shelves full of books from one location to another in that they do not have a cabinet spine on which to rest books against. In addition, the shelves of these collapsible carts often lack sufficient support structures such as side doors with support bodies designed to support the full weight of a shelf of books. Moreover, many of these collapsible carts are not easily transported from one location to another when in a collapsed position.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,827,376 discloses a shelf rack in which the shelves can be collapsed to an essentially vertical position and the end frames supporting the shelves are connected by an essentially diagonal rail whereby the racks can be nested for storage. This invention does not disclose a cabinet spine on which to rest books against. Moreover, this invention lacks support structures such as side doors with support bodies designed to support the full weight of a shelf of books.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,827,573 discloses a folding cart having a side frame with end frames hinged to the side frame and a pair of shelves hinged to the side frame. The side frame includes a pair of oppositely facing U-shaped tubular members adjacent one another and defining an opening corresponding to the distance between end frames and between the shelves. This invention does not however disclose a cabinet spine on which to rest books against. Additionally, this invention does not disclose a folding cart which is easily transported from one location to another when in a collapsed position.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,008,671 discloses a trolley with folding shelves comprising two uprights mounted on feet having castors enabling the trolley to be moved about easily, in which the shelves are each formed as a pair of half-shelves pivotable about the edge adjacent the other half-shelf of the pair, and the feet each comprise two arms which are pivotable about a vertical axis between a first position extending perpendicular to the plane defined by the two uprights and a second position extending parallel to this plane. The uprights house a connecting mechanism between the half-shelves and the arms so that when the half shelves are moved about their axes from a horizontal to a vertical position the arms are moved by the connecting mechanism from their first to their second position. This invention does not however disclose a cabinet spine on which to rest books against, and lacks sufficient support structures like side doors with support bodies designed to support the weight of a shelf full of books.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,202,278 discloses a movable distribution container that is adjustable to vary its width. The container has a frame of generally righ-tangled parallelepipedic shape that supports a plurality of juxtaposed shelves. The vertical corners of the frame are defined by vertically-extending members, pairs of which are interconnected to form the sides of the frame. The sides are adjustably interconnected to each other. This invention suffers shortcommings in that it lacks sufficient support structures like side doors with support bodies designed to support the weight of a shelf full of books. Additionally, this invention does not disclose a cabinet spine on which to rest books against.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,315,936 discloses an erectable display stand whereupon moving side panels of the display stand towards each other causes shelf supports to automatically move individual shelves from shelf-up to shelf-down positions during erection of the stand from a collapsed to an erect state. This invention does not disclose sufficient support structures like side doors with support bodies mounted to the side doors designed to support the weight of a shelf full of books. In addition, since this invention does not disclose wheels, this invention cannot be used to transport shelves full of books from one location to another.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,738,230 discloses a folding article of furniture, such as a bookcase or other storage unit, which has in its conventional aspects a vertically extending back piece, at least one vertically extending side piece secured to the back piece, and a vertically spaced plurality of shelves secured to the back piece. Each side piece is pivotable over a 90° angle relative to the back piece between a parallel or collapsed orientation and a perpendicular or use orientation, and each shelf is pivotable over a 90° angle relative to the back piece between a parallel or collapsed vertical orientation and a perpendicular or use horizontal orientation. This invention does not disclose sufficient support structures like side doors with support bodies mounted to the side doors designed to support the weight of a shelf full of books. In addition, since this invention does not disclose wheels, this invention cannot be used to transport shelves full of books from one location to another.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,765,702 discloses a wheeled display rack comprising a back panel, two side panels connected to the edges of the back panel, a plurality of removable shelves and a wheeled support including rotatable wheels. The wheeled support is movable between an active position in which the display rack may be supported by the wheeled support and an interactive position in which the display rack may not be supported by the wheeled support. This invention does not disclose shelves pivotally mounted onto a cabinet spine which are movable between a first position generally perpendicular with respect to the cabinet spine and a second position generally parallel with respect to the cabinet spine.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,864 discloses a foldable or collapsible utility cart which may be alternated between a closed and an open, operable position. This invention further discloses four vertical legs with a plurality of shelves mounted thereon. The shelves are rotatable relative to the legs and foldable about a middle thereof so that the cart may be alternated between the open operable position and the closed position for storage purposes. This invention does not disclose a cabinet spine on which to rest books against.
It is apparent from the conventional collapsible carts that there is a need for a collapsible cart for transporting books, files and other items that is durable and rugged; that can support a large amount of weight; that is movable between a collapsed position, for transporting the collapsible cart from one location to another, and a transport position, for transporting books, files and other items; and that occupies significantly less area in the collapsed position than in the transport position.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is one feature and advantage of this invention to provide a collapsible cart for transporting books, files and other items which is durable and rugged.
It is another feature and advantage of this invention to provide a collapsible cart for transporting books, files and other items which can support a large amount of weight.
It is another feature and advantage of this invention to provide a collapsible cart for transporting books, files and other items that is movable between a collapsed position, for transporting the collapsible cart from one location to another, and a tra
ICB, LLC
Johnson Brian L.
Pauley Petersen Kinne & Erickson
Shriver J. Allen
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