Compact mechanic's creeper
OwnerErik Sieb, André Wagnerinventors
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Abstract
A compact mechanic?s creeper comprising an elongate body comprising a back rest portion and a head rest portion, a pair of ground contacting wheels, one of each of the wheels on either side of the back rest portion, each of the wheels rotating about a respective fixed axis of rotation positioned substantially at a right angle to a length of the elongate body and a ground contacting swivel towards a top end of the elongate body. When a user lies supine on the creeper with his head on the head rest portion, an upper edge of the pair of wheels are positioned on either side and substantially at a level of the user?s hips. In a particular embodiment the respective fixed axes of rotation are at an angle to one another and meet at a point above a center of the back rest portion.
Claims23
A compact mechanic's creeper for use on a surface, comprising:
- an elongate body comprising a head end and a foot end, a head rest portion positioned towards said head end and a back rest portion having an underside arranged along a body axis between said head rest portion and said foot end wherein said head rest portion is raised relative to said back rest portion;
- a pair of ground contacting wheels, said wheels arranged opposite one another on either side of said back rest portion and positioned such that in use a distance between said underside and the surface is less than a diameter of said wheels, each of said wheels rotating about a respective fixed wheel axis of rotation positioned substantially at a right angle to a length of said elongate body and such that each of said wheels are held substantially aligned with said body axis, and wherein said pair of around contacting wheels comprise a positive camber;
- a ground contacting swivel positioned substantially in line with said body axis and towards a top end of said elongate body;
- wherein, in use, said elongate body is tiltable about a tilt axis intersecting a center of each of said ground contacting wheels between a first position wherein said ground contacting swivel touches the surface and a second position wherein said foot end touches the surface and said ground contacting swivel is raised above said surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.