Land vehicles – Wheeled – Tiltable vehicles – stabilized by attendant or article
Patent
1995-08-22
1997-04-01
Boehler, Anne Marie
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Tiltable vehicles, stabilized by attendant or article
280 4719, 280 4735, B62B 116
Patent
active
056159021
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a wheeled container for transporting small items and implements such as tools for the use by carpenters and tradesmen, and associated electrical equipment such as sanders, portable saws and the like.
Presently tradesmen have at their disposal small hand carried tool boxes which, while easy to carry to site, cannot contain much equipment. Further there are large mobile cabinets with sliding drawers into which can be placed more equipment than with the hand carried tool boxes. Such cabinets are shown in example in U.S. Pat. No. 2,905,480 to Giovannelll. However these mobile cabinets are not readily moveable from site to site. Further the cabinets cannot be tipped to any large angle as the contents in the drawers tend to slide around and occasional fall from the drawers.
Efforts have been made to provide hand carts for varied uses such as the fishing cart described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,159,777 to Gonzalez, a domestic wheeled carrier described in United Kingdom patent 732276 to Hill, a battery cart described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,579,639 to Adams, and a trash container described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,984,704 to O'Malley.
However, none of these have the advantages of the present invention.
The present invention seeks to ameliorate the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a wheeled container comprising:
A cabinet having a first compartment; a second compartment hingedly connected to said first compartment, said second compartment moveable between a closed position, whereby access to said first compartment and said second compartment is prevented, and an open position allowing access to both said first compartment and said second compartment;
tray means having a tray body in which to receive items, side support means extending upwardly from each side of said tray body, a handle joining across said side support means, and engagement means located in each of said side support means; whereby said engagement means pivotally releasably engages a respective holding means in either the first or second compartments such that each tray means is pivotally held between two opposed engagement means and can pivot around said two engagement means without interfering with the movement of adjacent tray means or touching the cabinet when the orientation of said wheeled container is altered, thus keeping the tray bodies in a substantially horizontal position; on said roller elements when said wheeled container is laid over.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a wheeled container according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates a tray for holding items in accordance to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic view of a wheeled container according to one embodiment of the present invention, in an upright position;
FIG. 4 illustrates the wheeled container of FIG. 3 in a wheeling position;
FIG. 5 illustrates the wheeled container of FIG. 3 in a loading position for loading into the back of a vehicle;
FIG. 6 illustrates the wheeled container of FIG. 3 in lay down position for transportation such as in the back of a van;
FIG. 7 illustrates the wheeled container of FIG. 3 in a lay down position with the compartments open; and
FIG. 8 illustrates another embodiment of a wheeled container of the present invention.
Whilst the present invention can be utilized to carry many different types of items for many uses, it is particularly suitable for tradesmen, mechanics and home handymen.
One embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 1 wherein the wheeled container (1) comprises a cabinet (2). Hingedly connected by hinge (3) to a compartment (4) is compartment (5).
Located at the top edge of the back of the cabinet (2) is a handle (6), on which are located roller elements (7) in the form of wheels. Located at or adjacent the bottom back edge of the cabinet (2) are a set of wheels (8). A further handle (9) is located at or adjacent the front bottom edge of the cabinet.
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patent: D338306 (1993-08-01), White
patent: 4717020 (1988-01-01), Viira
patent: 5159777 (1992-11-01), Gonzalez
patent: 5308012 (1994-05-01), Fuller
patent: 5452908 (1995-09-01), Bencic
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