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US 2006/0037825 A1Published application
Accessory for wheeled transport devices
OwnerDouglas Dayton, David Duncanson +1inventors
InventorsDouglas Dayton, David Duncanson, Sung Park
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Abstract
A deployable gimbal-suspended beverage cup holder that is a fixed or removable accessory to a piece of wheeled luggage or other wheeled human-pulled transport device that permits hands-free maintenance of a beverage, keeping the cup normal to the ground plane while moving the luggage or transport device.
Claims18
A wheeled transport device configured to be manually wheeled in an inclined position by a pedestrian user, the transport device comprising
- a main body defining a compartment therein for containing goods to be transported and having a bottom surface upon which the device is at least partially supported in a non-rolling, upright position;
- a handle disposed at an upper end of the body when the transport device is in an operative, inclined position, the handle manually graspable by the pedestrian user while walking;
- at least one wheel disposed at a lower end of the body when the transport device is in an operative, inclined position, and arranged to support the device while rolling along a surface upon which the user is walking;
- and
- a holder attached to the device and mounted to freely pivot about a substantially horizontal pivot axis as the device is wheeled in its inclined position and as the device is raised to its upright position, the holder defining therein an aperture arranged to receive a personal item to be held by the holder during use.
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A method of transporting a beverage container, the method comprising
- placing the beverage container in the holder of any of the above claims;
- grasping the handle of the device;
- tipping the device to its inclined position, the holder maintaining the beverage container in a substantially upright condition;
- and
- rolling the inclined device on its wheel along a surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.