Apparatus for setting a push-from-behind transportation device by pulling in a leading or abreast position
AssigneeStaphen Dewitt Holdings LLC
InventorsSandra Perilli, Harold Chattaway
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Abstract
A steering apparatus for adapting a push-from-behind transportation device having a push bar for steering through pulling in an abreast or leading position. The steering apparatus includes a telescopic bar to selectively adjust the length as the steering apparatus extends forward from the pushing bar. The connection of the steering apparatus to the pushing bar may be integrated thereto, facilitated by a removable load bearing device as well as pivotal connection so as to increasing the steering and navigating of the push-from-behind transportation device by pulling from either side or the front thereof.
Claims14
An auxiliary steering system for a push-from-behind transportation device, comprising:
- a load body having:
- a recess extending along a recess horizontal centerline across a lower portion of the load body, the recess directed inwardly from a front exterior surface of the lower portion of the load body, and
- a control bar socket extending along a socket horizontal centerline both outwardly from the front exterior surface and inwardly into an upper portion of the load body, the control bar socket extending transversely to the recess;
- a control bar affixed to the load body within an interior volume of the control bar socket, the control bar extending outwardly along the socket horizontal centerline;
- and
- at least one retainer configured to be adjustably and fixedly positioned across a portion of the recess,
- wherein the interior volume of the control bar socket extends inwardly to a depth that exceeds a maximum depth of the recess.
A method for providing an auxiliary steering system for a push-from-behind transportation device, comprising the steps of:
- providing an auxiliary steering system comprising:
- a load body having:
- a recess extending along a recess horizontal centerline across a lower portion of the load body, the recess directed inwardly from a front exterior surface of the lower portion of the load body, and
- a control bar socket extending along a socket horizontal centerline both outwardly from the front exterior surface and inwardly into an upper portion of the load body, the control bar socket extending transversely to the recess;
- a control bar affixed to the load body within an interior volume of the control bar socket, the control bar extending outwardly along the socket horizontal centerline;
- and
- at least one retainer configured to be adjustably and fixedly positioned across a portion of the recess,
- wherein the interior volume of the control bar socket extends inwardly to a depth that exceeds a maximum depth of the recess;
- positioning a pushing bar of the push-from-behind transportation device within the recess of the load body of the auxiliary steering system, the pushing bar provided in an in-use configuration disposed in a rearward portion of the push-from-behind transportation device;
- and
- adjusting the at least one retainer to fixedly retain the pushing bar within the recess of the load body of the auxiliary steering system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.