Transport cart and method for transforming a transport cart
AssigneeModus One GmbH
InventorJoerg Rauschenberger
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Abstract
A transport cart having a base assembly, having two opposing side assemblies arranged on the base assembly, having a respective wheel arranged on a respective one of the side assemblies, and having at least one receptacle arranged between the side assemblies for a respective transport box. The transport cart is transferable between a packing mode and a first operating mode or between the first operating mode and a second operating mode. A method for transferring such a transport cart between the first operating mode and the second operating mode, a method for transferring such a transport cart between the packing mode and the first operating mode, and a method for transforming such a transport cart are also disclosed.
Claims22
A transport cart having a base assembly, having two side assemblies which are arranged on the base assembly and are located opposite one another, each having one wheel arranged on one of the side assemblies, and each having at least one receptacle for a transport box, wherein the transport cart has an actuating device which is designed to transfer the transport cart between a first operating mode and a second operating mode,
- wherein the actuating device comprises an actuating element,
- wherein the transport cart further comprises a handle pivotally supported on the base assembly about a pivot axis, the handle is couplable to the actuating element such that a pivotal movement of the handle is transmitted to a movement of the actuating element parallel to a first direction of movement,
- wherein the handle is pivotally mounted to the base assembly via a coupling mechanism so that, when the coupling mechanism is in a locking state the handle is not pivotable relative to the base assembly, and when the coupling mechanism is in a coupling state the handle is pivotable relative to the base assembly, and the handle is coupled to the actuating element,
- wherein the transport cart comprises a first actuating member configured to selectively move the coupling mechanism to the locking state or the coupling state, and
- wherein the actuating device comprises a motion conversion device configured to transfer a motion of the actuating element in the first direction of movement to an oscillating motion parallel to a second direction of movement by which the transport cart is transferable between the first operating mode and the second operating mode.
A transport cart having a base assembly, having two side assemblies which are arranged on the base assembly and are located opposite one another, each having one wheel arranged on one of the side assemblies, and each having at least one receptacle for a transport box, wherein the transport cart has an actuating device which is designed to transfer the transport cart between a first operating mode and a second operating mode,
- wherein the transport cart is transferable between a packing mode in which each wheel is disposed in a folded position and each side assembly is disposed in a folded position, and the first operating mode in which each wheel is disposed in an unfolded position and each side assembly is disposed in an unfolded position, and
- wherein movement of each side assembly between the folded position and the unfolded position is coupled to movement of the corresponding wheel between the folded position and the unfolded position, such that as each side assembly is moved between the folded position and the unfolded position, the corresponding wheel is moved between the folded position and the unfolded position.
A transport cart having a base assembly, two opposing side assemblies disposed on the base assembly, and a wheel disposed on each of the side assemblies, the transport cart being operable between a packing mode, in which each wheel is arranged in a folded position and each side assembly is arranged in a folded position, and a first operating mode in which each wheel is arranged in an unfolded position and each side assembly is arranged in an unfolded position, wherein movement of each side assembly between the folded position and the unfolded position is coupled to movement of the corresponding wheel between the folded position and the unfolded position such that as each side assembly is moved between the folded position and the unfolded position, the corresponding wheel is moved between the folded position and the unfolded position.
A method of transferring a transport cart between a first operating mode and a second operating mode, the transport cart comprising a base assembly, two opposing side assemblies disposed on the base assembly, a wheel disposed on each of the side assemblies, and at least one receptacle disposed between each of the side assemblies for a transport box, the method comprising the steps of:
- transferring the transport cart from the first operating mode to the second operating mode by a first actuation in which an actuating element of an actuating device of the transport cart is moved in a first direction of movement;
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- transferring the transport cart from the second operating mode to the first operating mode by a second actuation in which the actuating element is moved in the first direction of movement,
- wherein the transport cart further comprises a handle pivotally supported on the base assembly about a pivot axis, the handle is couplable to the actuating element such that a pivotal movement of the handle is transmitted to a movement of the actuating element parallel to the first direction of movement,
- wherein the handle is pivotally mounted to the base assembly via a coupling mechanism so that, when the coupling mechanism is in a locking state the handle is not pivotable relative to the base assembly, and when the coupling mechanism is in a coupling state the handle is pivotable relative to the base assembly, and the handle is coupled to the actuating element,
- wherein the transport cart comprises a first actuating member configured to selectively move the coupling mechanism to the locking state or the coupling state, and
- wherein the actuating device comprises a motion conversion device configured to transfer a motion of the actuating element in the first direction of movement to an oscillating motion parallel to a second direction of movement by which the transport cart is transferable between the first operating mode and the second operating mode.
A method of transferring a transport cart between a packing mode and a first operating mode, the transport cart comprising a base assembly, two opposing side assemblies disposed on the base assembly, a wheel disposed on each of the side assemblies, and at least one receptacle disposed between the side assemblies for a respective transport box, the method comprising the steps of:
- transferring the transport cart from the packing mode, in which each wheel is in a folded position and each side assembly is in a folded position, to the first operating mode, in which each wheel is in an unfolded position and each side assembly is in an unfolded position by moving the side assemblies from the folded position to the unfolded position, wherein movement of each side assembly between the folded position and the unfolded position is coupled to movement of the corresponding wheel between the folded position and unfolded position;
- transferring the transport cart from the first operating mode to the packing mode by moving the side assemblies from the unfolded position to the folded position.
A method of transforming a transport cart, the transport cart comprising a base assembly, two opposing side assemblies disposed on the base assembly, and a wheel disposed on each of the side assemblies, and at least one receptacle disposed between the side assemblies for a respective transport box, the method comprising the steps of:
- transferring the transport cart between a packing mode and a first operating mode by transferring the transport cart from the packing mode, in which each wheel is in a folded position and each side assembly is in a folded position, to the first operating mode, in which each wheel is in an unfolded position and each side assembly is in an unfolded position by moving the side assemblies from the folded position to the unfolded position, wherein movement of each side assembly between the folded position and the unfolded position is coupled to movement of the corresponding wheel between the folded position and the unfolded position, and by transferring the transport cart from the first operating mode to the packing mode by moving the side assemblies from the unfolded position to the folded position;
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- transferring the transport cart between the first operating mode and a second operating mode by transferring the transport cart from the first operating mode to the second operating mode by a first actuation in which an actuating element of an actuating device of the transport cart is moved in a first direction of movement, and by transferring the transport cart from the second operating mode to the first operating mode by a second actuation in which the actuating element is moved in the first direction of movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.