Land vehicles – Wheeled – Tiltable vehicles – stabilized by attendant or article
Patent
1998-09-25
2000-12-12
Mai, Lanna
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Tiltable vehicles, stabilized by attendant or article
280 4718, 280 472, 280 4728, 280 4729, 182 16, 182 20, B62B 100
Patent
active
061587494
ABSTRACT:
A step stool having a front frame member having a bottom end and a rear frame member having a bottom end coupled to the front frame member for pivotable movement about a frame pivot axis between an opened position in which the bottom end of the front frame member is spaced apart from the bottom end of the rear frame member and a collapsed position in which the bottom ends of the front and rear frame members are positioned to lie adjacent to one another and a leg cap including a flange and a flange support fixture coupled to the bottom end of the front frame member to support the flange in a predetermined position relative to the front frame member. A wheel coupled to the flange to rotate about a wheel axis and a floor pad coupled to the leg cap and adapted to rest on a floor underlying the frame and support the wheel in an elevated position above the floor upon movement of the front and rear frame members to the opened position. A dolly plate coupled to the leg cap for pivotable movement relative to the floor pad about a plate pivot axis between a storage position along side the rear frame member and a use position extending away from the rear frame member.
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Cosco Management Inc.
Mai Lanna
To Toan
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