Caprop
OwnerAngel Rodriguez-Cruzinventor
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Abstract
CAPROP (Tools Hood): It is a tool box located at the top rear of the cart. The intention is to equip it with the necessary tools to make it independent. The flap covering the CAPROP tool box opens and is secured with a double leg hinge, exposing different attachments, deployed in their particular spaces. The flap of the tool box closes with a twist lock with key. It has a night work led bulb inside and a red emergency light on top of the flap outside. All those tools within CAPROP are necessary to solve different emergency situation. Behind each tools pocket is a 10 foot piece of nylon rope. Inside the drawer are a pair of gloves, a first aid kit, a tire repair kit and a clean cloth. The uses of golf carts has been on the rise given their low cost maintenance and its accessibility in rural areas. It is used frequently by disabled persons.
Claims9
A tool box configured to be attached to a center, rear portion of a golf cart roof, said tool box comprising:
- a first chock comprises a protuberance, and a second chock comprises a groove, wherein the first chock is configured to be coupled to the second chock by sliding the protuberance of the first chock into the groove of the second chock;
- a spike that has a length at least as long as the width of the first and second chocks when the first and second chocks are coupled together;
- a main housing comprising a left-side tool compartment, a right-side tool compartment and a chock storage area located between the left tool compartment and the right tool compartment, where the chock storage area is configured to store the first chock and the second in a state in which the first chock and second chock have been coupled together;
- a lid pivotally connected to the main housing with two hinges, wherein the lid is movable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a locking mechanism configured to lock the lid to the main housing;
- a first plurality of tools;
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- a second plurality of tools,
- wherein the first chock and the second chock each have a through-hole configured to receive an eleven inch long bolt;
- wherein the left-side tool compartment is configured to store the first plurality of tools, and the right-side tool compartment is configured to store the second plurality of tools,
- wherein the main housing has a shape including a flat base, a flat back side, formed by the lid and perpendicular to the flat base, a convexly curved front side, a convexly curved left side, a convexly curved right side, and a flat top perpendicular to the flat back side, and
- wherein, when the tool box is attached to the roof of a golf cart, the shape of the main housing is configured to prevent continued rolling-over of the golf cart in the event that the golf cart tips over onto a side of the golf cart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.