With Nonwheel Means For Engaging The Supporting Surface Patents (Class 280/43.24)
  • Patent number: 6264217
    Abstract: A trolley has rear support wheels (20) each having a toggle (52) which, when in a cocked position, hold the wheels in an operative position in which they are able to support the trolley. When the trolley ceases to bear down on the rear wheels, for example when an attempt is made to lift the trolley over a barrier (26) along the periphery of a defined area from which the trolley is not supposed to be removed, the toggle is triggered to move to an un-cocked position. When the toggle is in the un-cocked position the support wheels collapse and are no longer able to support the trolley. This will discourage removal of the trolley from the defined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Pierre Andre Le Roux
  • Patent number: 6217044
    Abstract: Wheel assemblies for attachment to a carriage or a vehicle. The wheel assemblies can be configured for four wheel steering, locked in predetermined directions, or free pivoting. The wheel assemblies further include an apparatus for retracting and extending the wheels of the carriage to support the carriage on fixed length supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Beeche Systems, Corp.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Beeche, Roy Scrafford