Creeper with enhanced mobility
AssigneeWhiteside Mfg. Co.
InventorsJason Reed Rogge, Kirt E. Whiteside
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Abstract
A creeper provides improved mobility and includes a frame including longitudinally extending side rails and latitudinally extending cross-rails extending between the side rails, the cross-rails supporting a body pad, an upper-middle portion of the side rails including non-swivel wheels, a lower portion of the creeper including a caster assembly, the non-swivel wheels having a diameter at least one-and-a-half times a diameter of a wheel of the caster assembly.
Claims18
A creeper providing improved mobility, the creeper comprising a frame including longitudinally extending side rails and latitudinally extending cross-rails extending between the side rails, the cross-rails supporting a body pad, an upper-middle portion of the side rails including non-swivel wheels, a lower portion of the creeper including a caster assembly, the non-swivel wheels having a diameter at least one-and-a-half times a diameter of a wheel of the caster assembly, the non-swivel wheels being secured by respective brackets extending from the side rails, the non-swivel wheels being rotatably carried on respective axles extending between the side rails and the brackets.
A creeper providing improved mobility, the creeper comprising a frame including longitudinally extending side rails and latitudinally extending cross-rails extending between the side rails, the cross-rails supporting a body pad, an upper-middle portion of the side rails including non-swivel wheels, a lower portion of the creeper including a caster assembly, the non-swivel wheels having a diameter at least one-and-a-half times a diameter of a wheel of the caster assembly, the non-swivel wheels being secured by respective brackets extending from the side rails, the brackets including a straight portion positioned between two angled portions, the two angled portions including a first angled portion and a second angled portion, the first angled portions extending from sides of the side rails and to the straight portions, the second angled portions extending from the straight portions and back to the sides of the side rails.
A creeper providing improved mobility, the creeper comprising a frame including longitudinally extending side rails and latitudinally extending cross-rails extending between the side rails, the cross-rails supporting a body pad, an upper-middle portion of the side rails including non-swivel wheels, a lower portion of the creeper including a caster assembly, the non-swivel wheels having a diameter at least one-and-a-half times a diameter of a wheel of the caster assembly, the caster assembly being the only caster assembly positioned at the lower portion of the creeper, the caster assembly being secured with one of the latitudinally extending cross-rails and positioned in a generally middle location relative to a length of the one cross-rail.
A creeper providing improved mobility, the creeper comprising a frame including longitudinally extending side rails and latitudinally extending cross-rails extending between the side rails, the cross-rails supporting a body pad, the frame carrying non-swivel wheels and a caster assembly with a swivel wheel, the non-swivel wheels being rotatably carried on respective axles supported by the side rails, the non-swivel wheels consisting of a first non-swivel wheel positioned at a first side of an upper-middle section of a frame and a second non-swivel wheel positioned at a second side of the upper-middle section of the frame, the caster assembly being positioned at a lower portion of the creeper.
A creeper providing improved mobility, the creeper comprising a frame including longitudinally extending side rails and latitudinally extending cross-rails extending between the side rails, the cross-rails supporting a body pad, the frame carrying non-swivel wheels and a caster assembly with a swivel wheel, the non-swivel wheels being rotatably carried on respective axles supported by the side rails, the caster assembly being positioned at a lower portion of the creeper, the non-swivel wheels being secured by respective brackets extending from the side rails, the brackets including a straight portion positioned between a first angled portion and a second angled portion, the first angled portions extending from sides of the side rails and to the straight portions, the second angled portions extending from the straight portions and back to the sides of the side rails.
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