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US 12,583,498 B2Granted
Dump cart
AssigneeTricam Industries, LLC
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.
Claims20
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 retaining bed comprising a retaining bed floor;
- a front wheel having a front wheel rotation axis and operably coupled to the chassis;
- a set of rear wheels having a rear wheel rotation axis and operably coupled to the article retaining bed;
- 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 both the front wheel and set of rear wheels contact the ground;
- and
- an over-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 ground.
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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 retaining bed comprising a bed floor;
- a front wheel having a front wheel rotation axis and operably coupled to the chassis;
- a set of rear wheels having a rear wheel rotation axis and operably coupled to the article retaining bed;
- 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 both the front wheel and set of rear wheels contact the ground;
- and
- a full-dump orientation wherein the set of rear wheels do not contact the ground and the rear wheel rotation axis is intermediate the front wheel rotation axis and the articulation axis;
- the articulation axis is intermediate the rear wheel rotation axis and the bed floor;
- and the front wheel maintains contact with the ground.
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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 retaining bed comprising a bed floor;
- a front wheel having a front wheel rotation axis and operably coupled to the chassis;
- a set of rear wheels having a rear wheel rotation axis and operably coupled to the article retaining bed;
- wherein the articulation axis is shiftable between:
- a dump orientation wherein the rear wheel rotation axis is intermediate the front wheel rotation axis and the articulation axis;
- an over-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 ground;
- and
- a full-dump configuration 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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.