# US 12,109,679 B2 · Creeper with wire frame > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,109,679 B2 - Document ID: US12109679B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/571,647 - Filed: 2022-01-10 - Published: 2023-07-13 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-10 - Assignees: Whiteside Mfg. Co. - Applicants: Whiteside Mfg. Co. - Inventors: Shane Obitts - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109679B2 ## CPC - B25H 5/00: Tool, instrument or work supports or storage means used in association with vehicles; Workers' supports, e.g. mechanics' creepers {(collecting or removing exhaust gases in workshops B08B15/002; vehicle lifting devices, e.g. jacks, platforms or ramps B66F)} - B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65) ## Abstract A creeper frame comprising: a first and second side-rail; and a plurality of cross-rails located between the first and second side-rail. The first and second side-rails each include two side-rail wires secured together by a plurality of side-rail wire clips, and each cross-rail of the plurality of cross-rails includes two cross-rail wires secured together by a cross-rail wire clip. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A creeper frame comprising first and second side-rails, each of said first and second side-rails including two side-rail wires which are spaced apart horizontally, said two side-rail wires being secured together by a plurality of side-rail wire clips; a plurality of cross-rails located between the first and second side-rails; said plurality of cross-rails being secured to said first and second side-rails; and each side-rail wire clip of said plurality of side-rail wire clips including a circular, fully enclosed aperture to receive a caster stem of a respective caster securable to the creeper frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The creeper frame of claim 1, wherein each cross-rail of said plurality of cross-rails includes at least two cross-rail wires secured together by a plurality of cross-rail clips. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The creeper frame of claim 1, wherein each cross-rail of said plurality of cross-rails is made from metal tubing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The creeper frame of claim 1, wherein said plurality of cross-rails includes four cross-rails. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The creeper frame of claim 4, wherein each cross-rail of the four cross-rails includes a first end secured to said first side-rail through resistance welding and a second end secured to said second side-rail through resistance welding. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The creeper frame of claim 5, wherein two cross-rail wire gussets are located adjacent said first end of each said cross-rail of the four cross-rails and wherein two cross-rail wire gussets are located adjacent said second end of each said cross-rail of the four cross-rails where said cross-rail wire gussets are pieces of wire bent at an angle such that the pieces of wire include a longer portion and a shorter portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The creeper frame of claim 1, wherein said creeper frame includes three side-rail wire clips to secure together through resistance welding the two-side rail wires of the first side-rail and wherein said creeper frame further includes three side-rail wire clips to secure together through resistance welding the two side-rail wires of the second side-rail. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The creeper frame of claim 2, wherein each cross-rail clip of said plurality of cross-rail clips includes a circular, fully enclosed aperture to receive a respective bolt portion of a back pad securable to the creeper frame. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The creeper frame of claim 6, wherein each side-rail wire, each cross-rail, and each wire gusset are made from a material selected from the group consisting of grade 1008 carbon steel, grade 1010 carbon steel, and grade 1018 carbon steel, and wherein each side-rail wire, each cross-rail, and each wire gusset has a diameter of between 0.5 and 0.3 inches. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The creeper frame of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of cross-rail wire gussets to provide additional strength to the connection between the cross-rails and the side rails, where said cross-rail wire gussets are pieces of wire bent at an angle. ### Claim 11 A creeper frame comprising first and second side-rails, a plurality of cross-rails located between the first and second side rails, each cross-rail of said plurality of cross-rails having at least two cross-rail wires which are spaced apart horizontally, said at least two cross-rail wires being secured together by a cross-rail wire clip, said plurality of cross-rails being secured to said first and second side-rails, and each of said at least two cross-rail wires including a first short straight portion extending to a first angled portion extending to a long straight portion extending to a second angled portion extending to a second short straight portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The creeper frame of claim 11, wherein each of said first and second side-rails includes at least two side-rail wires secured together by a plurality of side-rail clips, each side-rail wire including a short straight portion extending to a first angled portion extending to a second angled portion extending to a long straight portion, where a first bend between the short straight portion and the first angled portion is at a first angle, where a second bend between the long straight portion and the second angled portion is at a second angle, where the first angle and the second angle are the same. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The creeper frame of claim 11, wherein said plurality of cross-rails includes four cross-rails. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The creeper frame of claim 13, wherein each cross-rail of the four cross-rails includes a first end secured to said first side-rail through resistance welding and a second end secured to said second side-rail through resistance welding. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The creeper frame of claim 14, wherein two cross-rail wire gussets are located adjacent said first end of each said cross-rail of the four cross-rails and wherein two cross-rail wire gussets are located adjacent said second end of each said cross-rail of the four cross-rails, where said cross-rail wire gussets are pieces of wire bent at an angle such that the pieces of wire include a longer portion and a shorter portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The creeper frame of claim 11, wherein said creeper frame includes three side-rail wire clips to secure together through resistance welding the two-side rail wires of the first side-rail and wherein said creeper frame further includes three side-rail wire clips to secure together through resistance welding the two side-rail wires of the second side-rail. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The creeper frame of claim 11, wherein each of said first and second side-rails is made from metal tubing. ### Claim 18 A creeper comprising a creeper frame including first and second side-rails; a plurality of casters, each of the plurality of casters being secured to one of the first and second side-rails of the creeper frame; a pad secured to the creeper frame; a plurality of cross-rails secured between the first and second side-rails; and a plurality of cross-rail wire gussets located adjacent each end of each cross-rail, where said cross-rail wire gussets are pieces of wire bent at an angle; wherein said first and second side-rails include at least two side-rail wires which are spaced apart horizontally and secured stationarily by a plurality of side-rail wire clips, wherein each cross-rail of said plurality of cross-rails includes at least two cross-rail wires which are spaced apart horizontally and secured stationarily by at least one cross-rail wire clip, where respective casters of said plurality of casters are secured to respective side-rail wire clips of the plurality of side-rail wire clips, and wherein said pad is secured to the cross-rail wire clips. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The creeper of claim 18, where said cross-rail wire gussets include a longer portion and a shorter portion, and where each distal end of each cross-rail wire gusset is flush with a respective distal end of said cross-rail wires.