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US 2008/0277221 A1Published application
Case having casters
OwnerMark L. Josefson, Peter J. Martininventors
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Abstract
A case for storage or transport includes a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side, a right side, and a left side, an outermost portion of the bottom side defining a plane. The case further includes at least one wheel including a portion protruding outwardly from one of the front side and the rear side, wherein no portion of the wheel protrudes past the plane defined by the outermost portion of the bottom side.
Claims20
A case for storage or transport, the case comprising:
- a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side, a right side, and a left side, an outermost portion of the bottom side defining a plane;
- a wheel including a portion protruding outwardly from one of the front side and the rear side;
- wherein no portion of the wheel protrudes past the plane defined by the outermost portion of the bottom side.
A pair of stacked cases comprising:
- a first case including a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side, a right side, and a left side, an outermost portion of the bottom side defining a plane, a wheel protruding outwardly from one of the front side and the rear side, wherein no portion of the wheel protrudes past the plane defined by the outermost portion of the bottom side;
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- the first case stacked on top of a second case.
A method of using a transport case, the method comprising:
- providing a case including a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side, a right side, a left side, a wheel including a portion protruding outwardly from one of the front side and the rear side, and a lift handle positioned at an opposite side from the wheel, wherein the bottom side defines an outermost portion;
- laying the case on a ground surface wherein the entire outermost portion of the bottom side contacts the ground without the wheel interfering with the ground surface;
- lifting the side of the case including the lift handle using the lift handle, wherein the case is tilted until the wheel contacts the ground surface;
- and
- rolling the case with the wheel rolling over the ground surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.