Abstract: A forage wagon is provided for loading and unloading material. The wagon generally comprises a pair of opposing sidewalls connected to a front wall and a rear wall, the walls extending vertically to define a storage chamber. Further, a bottom wall is formed by two bottom doors, each bottom door having inner and outer edges. The outer edges are pivotally connected to the opposing sidewalls. Notably, each of the two bottom doors is operable between a closed position for loading and an open position for unloading. The bottom doors rotate from the closed position to the open position under gravity. The closed position is defined by the inner edges mating to form a substantially continuous bottom wall, while the open position defined by the inner edges being spaced apart to form a large bottom opening for unloading material.

Abstract: A transformable mechanic's creeper assembly for providing support to the user in either a recumbent or sitting position with selectable height. The transformable mechanic's creeper assembly includes a first deck assembly, a seat assembly, a second deck assembly couplable to either the first deck assembly or the seat assembly, a plurality of spacing members couplable to the deck and seat assemblies adapted for adjusting the overall height of the assemblies, and a plurality of wheels couplable to the spacing members.

Abstract: An ice chest or portable cooler is combined with a child stroller to transport small children in seat assemblies that are integral with the lid or cover of the cooler. The ice chest-stroller rolls along on a front and rear axle/wheel assembly and can be either pulled by the means of a retractable tow bar or pushed by the means of a fold-down push handle. Convenient drawer storage units are located under the front and rear child seats on top of the cooler body lid. To access food and beverages inside the cooler, the entire lid assembly with storage drawers and child seats is lifted up from the top on a hinge attached to the side of the lid assembly and cooler body.

Abstract: A protective cover assembly designed to enclose but provide access to a cart as well as the contents thereof, wherein the cart is typically but not exclusively of the type used in hospitals and like medical facilities for the temporary storage and delivery of a plurality of items at least a some of which should be maintained in a substantially sterile environment until delivered to an intended destination. The cover assembly comprises an enclosure formed from a flexible, preferably hyper-allergenic material which is selectively oriented in either a collapsed, stored position or an expanded, operative position and being dimensioned to receive substantially the entire cart within the interior when the enclosure is in its expanded, operative position.

Abstract: A child carriers accessory attachable to a shopping or luggage cart which does not significantly reduce the functionality of the cart.

Abstract: A swivel wheel mounting arrangement includes two wheel mounts bilaterally fastened to the outside wall of the bottom panel of a travel bag to hold a respective pair of swivel wheels, the wheel mounts each having a mounting frame fixedly fastened to the outside wall of the bottom panel of the travel bag, two protruded portions horizontally bilaterally extended from an inner side of the mounting frame, and two hollow posts respectively integral with the protruded portions, a reinforcing lining mounted on the inside wall of the bottom panel of the travel bag and fixedly fastened to the hollow posts of the mounting frame, and two reinforcing bars bilaterally connected between the wheel mounts and closely attached to the outside wall of the bottom panel of the travel bag, the reinforcing bars having two distal ends respectively coupled to the hollow posts of the mounting frames of the wheel mounts.

Abstract: A series of transport carts are positioned in side by side relation in fore and aft extending spaced apart rows disposed along a delivery van to leave an aisle between them. The carts have wheel supported upright frames with bottom supports for the products disposed at a level above the floor of the van and open fronts with front decks movable from a stowed retracted position to a generally horizontal operative position adjacent the bottom supports. The decks are movable into generally abutting relation to form a raised false floor between the rows of carts on which hand trucks can travel.

Abstract: A disposable mobile shopping bag that can be readily assembled, and can bear loads well is. The mobile shopping bag is composed of an ordinary shopping sack, a disposable platform insert and press-fitting wheel assemblies. When opened the sack accommodates the inserted platform on base of the sack interior. The platform has press-fitting holes in positions appropriate for holding the wheel assemblies. Press-fitting mounts project from the tops of the wheel assembly forks. To put the mobile shopping bag together, the press-fitting mounts are pressed against the exterior of the bottom of the sack over the respective holes in the platform, into which they are then inserted.

Abstract: A utility cart is provided which minimizes damage caused by impact with objects, particularly for use on a windy airport tarmac, the cart comprising a frame having main wheels bearing most of the cart's weight, these main wheels being fitted with latch-type brakes. The cart has a top structure, such as a roof, which extends horizontally above the frame, the periphery of which approximates or extends beyond the periphery of the frame. The top structure is normally supported above the cart's frame using three or more laterally collapsible supports for permitting the top structure to be displaced laterally while remaining substantially horizontal so as to minimize energy transfer upon lateral impact of the periphery of the top structure with an object. Each of the preferred collapsible supports comprises a tubular member elastically sandwiched between top and bottom plates mounted to the top structure and frame respectively.

Abstract: A utility cart having a platform supported by a pair of casters at its front and a pair of traction wheels at its rear. A pair of battery-powered motors drive the traction wheels and are controlled by switches secured to a handlebar extending upwardly from the rear of the platform. A hopper is pivotally mounted atop the platform and its rear end may be elevated by a motorized dumping mechanism. The hopper is provided with a dual-hinge, swinging gate at its front end which permits the hopper to be unloaded with great ease.

Abstract: A transport truck that can be used to safely move various articles of furniture, including heavy stacks of differently configured chairs from one location to another. The transport truck includes specially configured article support members and assemblies that can be affixed to the base of the transport truck to safely transport various kinds of furniture from auditoriums, conference rooms and like to storage areas.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic semiconductor wafer applying apparatus capable of lightly easily stacking and loading ring frames onto a frame supply section. This apparatus has the following construction. An adhesive tape unwound from a tape roll is applied to a lower surface of the ring frame supplied to a tape applying position. The applied adhesive tape is cut out along the ring frame. The ring frame having the adhesive tape applied thereto is transported to a wafer applying position. A semiconductor wafer is applied onto the adhesive tape of the ring frame. In this apparatus, a frame supply truck movable with the ring frames stacked and held thereon is arranged so that it can be pushed/transported into and pulled out/transported from the frame supply section. A lift unit for receiving, lifting and supplying a group of ring frames stacked on the pushed and transported frame supply truck is installed in the frame supply section.

Abstract: A stroller for a child is disclosed which includes a frame having two support surface engaging rear wheels rollably mounted on opposite sides of a rear end portion thereof and a single, support surface engaging swivel caster suspended from a front end portion of the frame on a longitudinal centerline thereof. A pair of spaced apart front wheels is rollably mounted on opposite sides of a front end portion of the frame in transverse and laterally spaced apart alignment with the caster. The front wheels are mounted on the frame so that the lower surfaces thereof are spaced slightly above the lower surface of the caster, whereby the front wheels normally do not touch the supporting surface when the load on the stroller is balanced along the centerline thereof and when the stroller is either stationary or moving in a straight line.

Abstract: A shopping cart having a base frame supported by at least one front wheel and a pair of rear wheels. At least one basket is supported on the base frame. The basket has a plurality of side walls defining a basket perimeter and a bottom wall located at a height above the base frame. A protected location is positioned substantially within the basket perimeter. An entrance through the basket perimeter provides ingress and egress to the protected location. A platform is provided proximate the protected location and the entrance(s). A seat is located within the protected location at about the height of the bottom wall.

Abstract: A therapeutic support appliance for a patient disposed in a seating orthosis is provided with a base portion with casters coupled to its underside. A plurality of stanchions extend upwardly from the base member for engaging an adjustable handle and an adjustable orthosis support member, respectively. The handle can be adjusted to a height determined in response to a physical size characteristic of an operator or a therapist, and the orthosis support can be raised, lowered, or tipped in response to a physical size characteristic of the patient, the height of a table, or the administration of physical therapy. In one embodiment the appliance is formed of a vinyl coated steel tubular elements joined to one another.

Abstract: A movable workseat cart assembly for adapting a bucket-type container to be used as a seat with an accompanying equipment tray for a workman. The assembly includes a unitary body member having a receptacle for a bucket, a partitioned equipment retainer tray surrounding the bucket receptacle, a peripheral skirt surrounding the equipment tray, and swivel wheel assemblies that are positioned between the peripheral skirt and the bucket receptacle. The mentioned elements of the overall assembly are positioned relative to each other so as to maintain a low center of gravity, and to allow the lower edge of the skirt to sweep away debris that might otherwise become lodged under and damage the bottom of the bucket receptacle. The bucket receptacle and the peripheral skirt are connected to each other by an integral spanning web extending between them.

Abstract: A snowmobile support dolly has a frame with forward swivel casters and rear swivel casters. The frame includes a pair of channels for supporting the snowmobile skis, and a rear post for supporting the snowmobile track above the frame.

Abstract: A busing cart having a wheeled frame for carrying a reservoir and a trash receptacle. A strainer is positioned over an opening in the reservoir, and optionally, a chute is positioned over an opening in the trash receptacle. The strainer and chute have adjacent walls which form an acute angle with respect to horizontal so as to 1) provide the chute with a larger opening for receiving dishes to be cleared, and 2) provide the strainer with a larger straining surface. The busing cart also has a variety of platforms for supporting dishwasher racks (for flatware, glasses, etc.) and stacked plates.

Abstract: A box and dolly system for moving, storing or retrieving goods wherein the box comprises a plurality of substantially upright walls with at least one of the walls having at least two surfaces disposed in an offsetting relationship for forming an overhang and wherein the dolly comprises a plurality of upright walls and a housing adjacent the intersection of each pair of upright walls and with the housing extending from the walls of the dolly such that the dolly may be stacked directly upon another dolly of identical construction with both dollies aligned in the same orientation.

Abstract: A two-stage expansion/collapse control mechanism is provided for use on a hand-trailable luggage case having an auxiliary wheel unit, which allows the auxiliary wheel unit to be expanded for use to support the luggage case when the extendable handle of the luggage case is being extended for use, and also allows the auxiliary wheel unit to be collapsed into the luggage case when the extendable handle is being pushed back into the luggage case.