Land vehicles – Wheeled – Tiltable vehicles – stabilized by attendant or article
Patent
1993-06-11
1995-05-30
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Tiltable vehicles, stabilized by attendant or article
280 522, 280 4728, 280 796, B62B 106
Patent
active
054195691
ABSTRACT:
A hand truck for fire fighting stores and transports SCBA air bottles. The highly stable hand truck is designed for efficient manipulation by one or two firefighters. It readily traverses obstructed areas, inclined stair cases and the like. The frame comprises a pair of rigid, spaced apart side rails extending between a lower, load-supporting toe-plate and an upper handle. Vertically spaced apart cross bars reinforce the frame. Dolly wheels are mounted adjacent stair climbers, thus enabling passage of the hand truck up and down stairways, over curbs and fire hoses and other obstacles. A container stores accessories. A retractable support system stabilizes the hand truck and enables it to assume an inclined, horizontal orientation for loading and unloading. Frame rail runways with outer rubber liners frictionally contact the air bottles. Bottles are confined within a transportation zone of generally triangular dimensions. The bottom of the zone is formed by the runways and the "base" of the triangular zone is formed by the toe plate. A resilient quick-release ratchet and strap system that secures the bottles forms the hypotenuse of the triangular zone. A transverse anchor strap, comprising an automobile seat belt and buckle assembly, is mechanically secured to the toe plate and extends between terminal loops in both support straps. Preferably the anchor strap is captivated within spaced-apart notches defined in opposite sides of the toe plate. A recessed storage volume defined between the runways and the frame cross bars for storing hand tools.
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Carver Stephen D.
Focarino Margaret A.
Keisling Trent C.
Mar Michael
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