Land vehicles – Wheeled – Body with bracketed-type or nonsuspended axles
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-03
2001-01-23
Camby, Richard M. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Body with bracketed-type or nonsuspended axles
C280S047340
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176500
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a new and improved car caddy and more particularly pertains to a device for removably supporting objects to be used in association with the washing of cars, trucks, boats, and other vehicles.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of caddy supports and like devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, caddy supports and like devices of known designs and configurations heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of supporting objects when performing tasks are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,573,879 to Bergkamp discloses a cart for storing and transporting cleaning implements. U.S. Pat. No. 5,305,481 to Nebb discloses a mobile work station in the form of a cart. U.S. Pat. No. 5,456,357 to Wenner et a. discloses a nestable bucket which serves as a carrier. U.S. Pat. No. 5,333,823 to Joseph discloses a detachable device holding apparatus which can be attached to a stepladder. Lastly, U.S. Pat. No. 4,917,124 to Ressar discloses a Bar-B-Q rack cleaning apparatus.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a new and improved car caddy as disclosed herein.
In this respect, the new and improved car caddy according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removably supporting objects to be used in association with the washing of cars, trucks, boats, and other vehicles.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for improved car caddy systems which can be used for removably supporting objects to be used in association with the washing of cars, trucks, boats, and other vehicles. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of caddy supports, the present invention provides an improved car caddy system. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide an improved car caddy system which is specifically designed to hold and support vehicle cleaning implements.
To attain this, the present system essentially comprises a torus shaped bucket support having a maximum exterior diameter of about 18 inches and a maximum inside diameter of about 12 inches with an interior surface and an exterior surface. An upper surface and a lower surface are adapted to removably receive therewithin a bucket having a frusto-conical side wall, a closed bottom, an open top, and a pivotable handle. Further comprised in the system are four downwardly extending legs having lower ends and upper ends coupled to the lower surface of the support. The four legs provide two front legs and two rear legs, in essentially parallel relationship. The legs are about 36 inches in length. Further comprised in the system are pairs of channels coupling the legs parallel with respect to each other secured to the facing interior surface of the legs from front to rear, the channels having vertical exterior faces and short upper and lower edges. One pair of channels being located adjacent to the bottoms of the legs and the second pair of channels being located adjacent at intermediate extents thereof. Also included is a pair of drawers slidably received within the channels for the receipt of objects used in association with cleaning. Casters are located at the bottom of each of the legs with associated locks to secure the casters in a fixed orientation when in a first orientation and adapted to allow the location of the casters and movement of the legs and support when in a second orientation. A pair of handles are provided in a generally U-shaped orientation and with free ends secured to the front and rear surfaces of the support in a common horizontal plane.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the concept, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a caddy which efficiently and conveniently stores a wide variety of cleaning implements.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a caddy system which is designed to removably support a bucket of water in a stable and upright orientation.
If is a further object of the present invention to provide a storage means which includes drainage apertures such that no washing fluid is retained within the device.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a car caddy system with casters to allow for the transport of the system.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a caddy system with lockable casters so that the system can be maintained in one location.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved car caddy including a torus shaped bucket support with an interior surface and an exterior surface, an upper surface and a lower surface adapted to removably receive therewithin a bucket. The bucket has a frusto-conical side wall, a closed bottom, an open top and a pivotable handle. A plurality of downwardly extending legs having lower ends and upper ends are coupled to the lower surface of the support. Two front legs and two rear legs are included in essentially parallel relationship. Casters are located at the bottom of each of the legs with associated locks to secure the casters in a fixed orientation when in a first orientation and adapted to allow the location of the casters and movement of the legs and support when in a second orientation. A pair of handles are provided in a generally U-shaped orientation and free ends are secured to the front and rear surfaces of the support in a common horizontal plane. A pair of handles are provided in a generally U-shaped orientation and free ends are secured to the front and rear surfaces of the support in a common horizontal plane.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Clement Constance E.
Clement, Jr. Edward J.
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