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US 11,299,187 B2Granted
Dump cart
AssigneeTricam Industries, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Foley, Benjamin P. Williams, Benjamin M. Wernberg, Dennis D. Simpson
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Abstract
A dumping cart is disclosed. The cart allows for complete dumping while maintaining four wheels on the ground and can rotate the rear set of wheels to allow the bed of the cart to be completely turned over for emptying. Also disclosed is a method of attaching an article retaining bed to a cart.
Claims15
A dumping cart, comprising:
- a chassis;
- an article retaining bed pivotably coupled to the chassis along an articulation axis, the article retaining bed comprising a bed floor;
- a set of front wheels having a front wheel rotation axis;
- a set of rear wheels operably coupled to the article retaining bed, the set of rear wheels having a rear wheel rotation axis;
- wherein the articulation axis is shiftable between:
- a carry orientation wherein the articulation axis is intermediate the front wheel rotation axis and the rear wheel rotation axis and intermediate the bed floor and the rear wheel rotation axis;
- a full-dump orientation wherein the rear wheel rotation axis is intermediate the front wheel rotation axis and the articulation axis and the articulation axis is intermediate the rear wheel rotation axis and the bed floor;
- and
- wherein the cart is used on the ground and the bed floor is parallel to the ground when the articulation axis is in the full-dump orientation.
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A dumping cart for use on the ground, comprising:
- a chassis;
- an article retaining bed pivotably coupled to the chassis along an articulation axis, the article retaining bed comprising a bed floor;
- a set of front wheels having a front wheel rotation axis;
- a set of rear wheels operably coupled to the article retaining bed, the set of rear wheels having a rear wheel rotation axis;
- wherein the articulation axis is shiftable between:
- a carry orientation wherein the articulation axis is intermediate the front wheel rotation axis and the rear wheel rotation axis and intermediate the bed floor and the rear wheel rotation axis;
- and
- a full-dump orientation wherein the rear wheel rotation axis is intermediate the front wheel rotation axis and the articulation axis and the bed floor is substantially parallel to and facing the ground.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.