Cargo cart system incorporating a portable container cradle
AssigneeMagline, Inc.
InventorsVirginia Stoneback, Jeffry Frahm
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Abstract
A cargo cart system with a cradle assembly includes a pair of support rails with generally sinuous upper and lower surfaces and at least one cross bar spanning the support rails. The sinuous upper and lower surfaces are maintained in mirrored relation with one another to define pairs of laterally spaced upper and lower support surfaces to support containers in a stabilized position. A method of assembling and retaining containers includes providing a plurality of the cradle assemblies; placing a first cradle assembly on the cart; placing a first row of containers upon the first cradle assembly; placing a second cradle assembly over the first row of containers; and, placing a second row of containers upon the second cradle assembly.
Claims9
A vertically reversible cradle assembly for use with a wheel supported push cart having a transport surface to facilitate transporting multiple cylindrical containers, comprising:
- a pair of support rails, each of said support rails having a generally sinuous upper surface and a generally sinuous lower surface;
- and
- at least one cross bar attached to said support rails to maintain said sinuous upper surfaces of each support rail in laterally spaced mirrored relation with one another to define laterally opposed pairs of laterally spaced upper lobular support surfaces to carry said containers in a stabilized position, said sinuous lower surfaces being maintained in mirrored relation with one another to define pairs of laterally spaced lower support surfaces adapted to engage said cart transport surface.
A plurality of cradle assemblies in combination with a push cart having a platform to facilitate transporting multiple, vertically supported rows of generally cylindrical containers on the push cart, separate cradle assemblies being placeable in vertically spaced relation between adjacent rows of the containers, each of said cradle assemblies, comprising:
- a pair of support rails, each of said support rails having a generally sinuous upper surface and a generally sinuous lower surface;
- and
- at least one cross bar operably connecting said support rails in generally parallel relation with one another to maintain said sinuous upper surfaces in mirrored relation to define pairs of laterally spaced upper support surfaces for a row of said containers to form a first row of containers, said sinuous lower surfaces being maintained in mirrored relation with one another to define pairs of laterally spaced lobular lower support surfaces for either supporting one of said cradle assemblies on said platform of the push cart or on a lower row of containers.
A method of assembling and supporting generally cylindrical containers on a wheeled cart having a platform, comprising:
- providing a plurality of cradle assemblies, each of said cradle assemblies having a pair of support rails with a generally sinuous upper surface and a generally sinuous lower surface with at least one cross bar attached to said support rails to maintain said support rails in generally mirrored relation with one another to define pairs of laterally spaced upper support surfaces and laterally spaced lower support surfaces;
- placing a first cradle assembly on said cart with said lower support surface of said first cradle assembly engaging said platform of said cart;
- placing a corresponding number of containers on said upper support surfaces of said first cradle assembly to form a first row of containers;
- placing a second vertically reversed cradle assembly upon the first row of containers with said formerly upper support surface of said second cradle assembly abutting the first row of containers;
- and
- placing a corresponding number of containers in abutment with said formerly lower support surfaces of said second cradle assembly to form a second row of containers so that said second cradle assembly is sandwiched between said first and second rows of containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.