Transport vehicle for stackable chairs
AssigneePerdido Beach Services, Inc.
InventorsRussell T. Scarritt, II, Harris Oswalt, Austin Green, Richard Thai
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Abstract
A vehicle that may be used for loading, unloading, transport, and storage of stackable chairs such as beach lounge chairs and a method of using the vehicle for transporting chairs are provided. The transport vehicle has movable drawers that are designed to support stacks of chairs. The drawers are mounted on tracks and may be moved into and out of compartments that are open on a lateral side of the vehicle so that stacks of chairs may be loaded into and unloaded out of each of the compartments. The drawers may be moved manually by a user or may be motorized.
Claims20
A transport vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of chair compartments disposed on a top side of a bed of the transport vehicle, wherein each chair compartment is sized to receive a vertical stack of chairs therein;
- a plurality of drawers each associated with a respective one of the plurality of chair compartments, wherein each of the drawers is sized and shaped to support the stack of chairs and to retain the stack of chairs in a laterally and longitudinally fixed position relative to the drawer,
- wherein each of the drawers comprises a drawer frame that is slidably connected to a track that is mounted on the top side of the bed, wherein each of the drawers is configured to move into and out of a respective one of the chair compartments between a loading position in which the drawer is extended outside the chair compartment and a storage position in which the drawer is retracted into the chair compartment;
- a winch attached to the transport vehicle;
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- a line operatively connected to the winch and to a respective one of the drawers, wherein the winch is configured to retract the drawer to which the line is connected from the loading position to the storage position.
A transport vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of chair compartments disposed on a top side of a bed of the transport vehicle, wherein each chair compartment is sized to receive a vertical stack of chairs therein;
- a plurality of drawers each associated with a respective one of the plurality of chair compartments, wherein each of the drawers is sized and shaped to support the stack of chairs and to limit lateral and longitudinal movement of the stack of chairs relative to the drawer,
- wherein each of the drawers comprises a drawer frame that is slidably connected to a track that is mounted on the top side of the bed, wherein each of the drawers is configured to move into and out of a respective one of the chair compartments between a loading position in which the drawer is extended outside the chair compartment and a storage position in which the drawer is retracted into the chair compartment;
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- a motor mounted onto the transport vehicle, wherein the motor is operatively connected to a drive belt configured to drive motion of a respective one of the drawers back and forth between the loading position and the storage position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.