Land vehicles – Wheeled – Tiltable vehicles – stabilized by attendant or article
Patent
1994-05-05
1996-04-30
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Tiltable vehicles, stabilized by attendant or article
220335, 220908, B62B 116
Patent
active
055118070
ABSTRACT:
A wheeled hamper has a hinged lid that freely pivots between a closed position and a position, preferably past ninety degrees, at which the lid is latched into place by a releasable catch mechanism. In the latched position, the lid can be used as a handle to tilt the hamper and wheel it. In a second embodiment, the lid has at least one stable position intermediate the closed position and the latched position. It can be held there by detents which can be released by appliying a torque to the lid as opposed to the catch mechanism which in its preferable form does not release simply by application of a torque. This provides a way to keep the hamper open when it is in stationary use and to conveniently close it after such use by simply pulling on the lid as opposed to going through a procedure to release the catch mechanism. Two embodiments of catch mechanisms are disclosed. Other features are also disclosed.
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Focarino Margaret A.
Mar Michael
Tighe Thomas J.
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