Vertically Elongated Rectangular Object Support Body Patents (Class 280/79.7)
  • Patent number: 6454282
    Abstract: A cart for heavy folding tables facilitates the loading, folding, erection, and unloading of one or more conventional folding tables therefrom, by a single person without substantial effort by the person performing the operation. The present cart includes a table receiving bed at such a height that a table tipped with its lower edge resting upon the base is slightly overbalanced toward the lower edge, with nearly all of the weight of the table still resting upon its lower two legs. The base of the cart includes a series of ridges forming pairs of notches for holding the lower edge of tables placed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Table Toter, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenny A. Sexton, Harry D. Leeds, Donald R. Elmore
  • Patent number: 6450514
    Abstract: A dolly for transporting both circular and rectangular sheets includes of a base having an open rectangular frame a vertical stanchion for supporting the upper edges of angled sheets. The stanchion has surfaces for supporting a sheet, which surfaces lie along a particular vertical plane. The stanchion is removable from the base for easy transport. The lower edge of a circular sheet being transported extends into the frame opening, and beneath the plane of the top of the base, while the lower edge of a rectangular sheet does not extend below the plane of the top of the base. The vertical load of each kind of sheet is concentrated on the two spaced apart front and rear members having resilient material surfaces. The dolly has four swivel caster wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Anthony Ronca
  • Patent number: 6446981
    Abstract: A cart including a body, at least two wheels, and a frame. The body has an upper surface and a lower surface. The at least two wheels are operably coupled to the body. The frame includes a generally planar and substantially rigid upper member and at least one leg support member. The leg support member is coupled to the upper member and is releasably coupled to the body. The frame is positionable in a first configuration, wherein the upper member is substantially disposed over the upper surface of the body thereby forming a cover, and a second configuration, in which the frame is decoupled from the body and placed on a generally horizontal surface thereby forming a table. The frame includes means for releasably coupling the at least one leg support member to the body without the use of tools. A table includes a generally planar and substantially rigid first member, and leg support members. The first member substantially extends between and connects the leg support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Little Tikes Company
    Inventors: Gerald C. Wise, Cristina N. Gerwitz, Mark S. Coats
  • Publication number: 20020117821
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for removably affixing a wheel assembly (20) near the end and the edge of a leg (24,27) of nearly any existing or newly manufactured ladder (22) to aid a person (26) transporting the ladder (22). A preferred embodiment includes a first wheel (30a) and a second wheel (30b) whose axles (32a, 32b) are disposed orthogonally. Each axle (32a, 32b) is supported by a bracket (34a, 34b) coupled to a clamp frame (36) which is clamped to said leg (24,27). When the ladder (22) is placed, edge parallel to a supporting surface (28), and a person (26) carries the opposite end of the ladder, the wheel (30b) will roll on that surface (28). When the ladder (22) face is placed parallel to a supporting surface (28) and a person (26) carries the opposite end of the ladder, the wheel (30a) will roll on that surface (28). The wheel (30a, 30b) will carry a large portion of the weight of the ladder (22). For persons who use ladders frequently, the system can prevent personal injuries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Richard J. Abraham, Thomas G. Crocker
  • Publication number: 20020113390
    Abstract: A door transporting and support system for allowing an individual to easily transport and install a door within a doorjamb. The door transporting and support system includes a base having a door receiving channel, a pair of first arms extending from the base, a pair of second arms extending from the base, a plurality of caster wheels attached to the arms each by an adjustable threaded shaft, a plurality of support rods extending from the arms, and a plurality of support members removably attached to the support rods in a vertical manner. The base includes a pair of parallel side walls that define the channel. The height, angle and position of a door retained within the base are determined by the position of each threaded shaft of the caster wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: David Hallman, Neil Hallman
  • Patent number: 6357063
    Abstract: A wheeled dolly assembly for a patient carrier device has a box frame with a foldable footrest. Interchangeable wheels are mounted to an axle to facilitate rapid and easy movement of the dolly when a patient is strapped onto the patient carrier. The patient carrier device, such as a backboard, is retained in the box frame with adjustable pressure plates. Optional handles are mounted to the backboard through slots pre-formed in the backboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Daniel W. Selby
  • Publication number: 20010035620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a scuba tank caddy, having an optional gear drying rack and an optional portable shower, for improving the comfort and convenience of the scuba diver, and a scuba tank caddy thereby manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventor: Scot Morgan Wilson
  • Patent number: 6308969
    Abstract: The invention comprises a portable drywall roller device. The device has aframe with a horizontal plate and a horizontal groove across the plate for receiving the lower edge of the a drywall panel. The device has a pair of wheels with one wheel mounted on a rotatable caster mechanism on one side of the device and another wheel rotatably mounted on a horizontal axis extending across the device toward the caster wheel. A sleeve is fixed to the plate and extends upward therefrom. A rod is slidably mounted in the sleeve and has a pair of legs at its lower end which are adapted to engage the ground, one on each side of the horizontal axis extending across the device to provide a lateral ground support for the two wheels. The rod has a forward extending hook at its upper end for mounting over the top of the drywall panel when the bottom of the drywall panel is in the horizontal groove to lock the drywall panel to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Roland O. Young
  • Patent number: 6299185
    Abstract: A device for single-handedly moving folding tables, plywood sheets, doors, and other large objects, includes a first component having first and second oppositely facing sides and a size and shape enabling a person to carry the first component with one hand. A holding arrangement extends outwardly from the first side of the first component for holding the marginal edge portion of the object to be moved with the flat surface of the object to be moved extending vertically and facing the first side of the first component. A wheel mounted on the first component functions to wheel the first component and the object to be moved along a desired direction of travel, with the wheel rotating about an axis of rotation that is perpendicular to the flat surface of the object to be moved so that the flat surface of the object to be moved is parallel to the direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Dwaine R. Lewis
  • Patent number: 6296262
    Abstract: A cart for storing and moving a folding table having a generally planar top surface, a plurality of folding legs and a pair of opposed edges includes a horizontal table bed, a vertical table backrest affixed to and extending upwardly from the table bed and at least one latching arm for releasably securing the table on the cart. The table bed includes a pair of horizontal support members longitudinally spaced apart by a longitudinal frame member for receiving and supporting one of the opposed edges of the table. The table bed further includes a pair of legs affixed at one end to and extending downwardly from each of the horizontal support members. The table bed further includes a pair of wheels rotatably attached to the opposite ends of the pair of legs. The height of the horizontal support members is sufficient to receive and support the opposed edge of the table when the table is tipped at an angle of at least about forty-five degrees relative to horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Inventor: Maxwell R. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20010016156
    Abstract: A carriage for the transport and installation of heavy doors and other construction panels includes a door-holding frame that is pivotally attached to a wheeled chassis. Independent drive mechanisms provide accurate control over the elevation, tilt, and roll of a door panel held by the frame, and effect a precisely controlled, lateral movement of the panel relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventor: James E. Echternacht
  • Publication number: 20010013690
    Abstract: A cart for heavy folding tables facilitates the loading, folding, erection, and unloading of one or more conventional folding tables therefrom, by a single person without substantial effort by the person performing the operation. The present cart includes a table receiving bed at such a height that a table tipped with its lower edge resting upon the base is slightly overbalanced toward the lower edge, with nearly all of the weight of the table still resting upon its lower two legs. The base of the cart includes a series of ridges forming pairs of notches for holding the lower edge of tables placed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Kenny A. Sexton, Harry D. Leeds, Donald R. Elmore
  • Patent number: 6250655
    Abstract: A system for manipulating and transporting relatively large, flat, heavy tabular articles such as portable folding conference tables and construction materials such as plywood or plasterboard sheets comprises a leveraging dolly for lifting an article from a horizontally oriented position at a first location to a vertically oriented position in which the article may be rolled on the dolly to a second location, and a racking cart for receiving and transporting a plurality of articles individually loadable from and onto the leveraging dolly which includes a base rollaby supported by a pair of laterally spaced apart casters, one having a horizontally disposed axle fixed with respect to the base, and the other having a horizontally disposed axle rotatable in a horizontal plane on a vertically disposed swivel attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Oliver Perry Sheeks
  • Patent number: 6241447
    Abstract: A carriage for the transport and installation of heavy doors and other construction panels includes a door-holding frame that is pivotally attached to a wheeled chassis. Independent drive mechanisms provide accurate control over the elevation, tilt, and roll of a door panel held by the frame, and effect a precisely controlled, lateral movement of the panel relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventor: James E. Echternacht
  • Patent number: 6234499
    Abstract: A heavy object transporting apparatus having at least one heavy object supporting surface supported by an axle located between two relatively large diameter inflated tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Beam Buddy, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Irwin, Joel H. Petersen, Bret A. Spurlock
  • Patent number: 6217045
    Abstract: A wheeled cart for transporting various size massage tables from one place to another which includes an elongated base frame having a front end and an opposite end and a pair of spaced-apart side members defining a storage cavity inbetween and separated by several braces on which a massage table is intended to rest. The front end of the base frame includes a cross-member having a cushion element and the rear end of the base frame includes a U-shaped end intended to capture and retain the rear end of the massage table while the opposite or front end of the massage table bears against the cushion element as it rests on the braces between the side members. A U-shaped handle is pivotally attached on the front end of the base frame. A pair of handle side rods interconnect the U-shaped handle with the pivot connections to the base frame. The handle further includes a cushion member which is intended to bear against the rear end of the massage table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: David L. Leyton