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US 10,501,104 B2Granted
Portable tote cart
OwnerStanley R Simmons, Leon F Wassoninventors
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Abstract
This invention is for an improved combination chaise lounge and tote cart and especially to an chaise lounge and tote cart which can be folded to a storage position and can be quickly converted between a tote cart and a chaise lounge.
Claims18
A foldable recreational tote cart comprising:
- a frame having a base frame member having two end portions and having a front frame member being hingedly attached with a pair of hinges to one end portion of said base frame member and a rear frame member hingedly attached with a pair of hinges to the other end portion of said base frame member, each said front and rear frame member hinges allowing the front frame member and the rear frame member to be folded from an upright position to a collapsed folded position, and each said hinge having a hinge lock to lock said front and rear frame members in a plurality of positions;
- a pair of generally U-shaped leg members rotatably attached to said base frame member;
- an axle being rotatably attached to each side of each said leg member and having a wheel supporting spindle protruding therefrom, each said axle being rotatable between a wheel supporting position and a folded position, each said axle having an axle sleeve rotatably supported on one said lea for rotating said axle from a wheeled position to a storage position and each said axle wheel supporting spindle being slidably mounted through said rotatable axle sleeve and alignable with an aperture in said leg;
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- a plurality of wheels, each wheel being removably attached to one said axle spindle and rotatably thereon;
- whereby said tote cart may have the wheels removed and the axles rotated inwardly and each said leg member folded on said base frame member and said front and rear frame members folded on said base frame member to fully collapse said cart for storage and transportation.
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A foldable recreational tote cart comprising:
- a frame having a base frame member having two end portions and having a front frame member being hingedly attached with a pair of hinges to one end portion of said base frame member and a rear frame member hingedly attached with a pair of hinges to the other end portion of said base frame member, each said front and rear frame member hinges allowing the front frame member and the rear frame member to be folded from an upright position to a collapsed folded position, and each said front and rear frame member hinge having a hinge frame and a first arm fixedly attached to said base frame member and a second arm rotatably attached to one of said front or rear frame members, said second arm having a ratchet attached thereto, and said hinge frame having a ratchet engaging pawl arm movably attached thereto and movable to engage said ratchet to lock said ratchet and second arm in a predetermined position, and said pawl also having a lever arm extending therefrom, said hinge having a cam rotatably attached to said hinge frame and positioned for engaging said pawl lever arm to lock said second arm ratchet in a preselected position;
- a pair of generally U-shaped leg members rotatably attached to said base frame member;
- an axle being rotatably attached to each side of each said leg member and having a wheel supporting spindle protruding therefrom each said axle being rotatable between a wheel supporting position and a folded position;
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- a plurality of wheels, each wheel being removably attached to one said axle spindle and rotatably thereon;
- whereby said tote cart may have the wheels removed and the axles rotated inwardly and each said leg member folded on said base frame member and said front and rear frame members folded on said base frame member to fully collapse said cart for storage or transportation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.