Barrel truck
OwnerGreg McFarlandinventor
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Abstract
A barrel truck has a handle structure; a wheeled support, the wheels spaced apart such that the wheels can slide under a barrel when the barrel is pivoted; a cradling member pivotally coupled to the support for engaging the perimeter of the barrel but not extending past the center line of the barrel; and an upright structure having a gripping mechanism for gripping the top of the barrel adapted to have a force applied thereto to exert an upward force on the barrel to pivot the barrel off the ground causing the wheeled support to move forward and pivot with respect to the cradling member, allowing the wheels on the wheeled support to move underneath the barrel, with further force on the handle structure lifting the barrel off the ground balanced over the wheels.
Claims20
A barrel truck comprising:
- a handle structure;
- a wheeled support fixedly coupled to the handle structure, wheels of the support being spaced apart on the support such that the wheels can slide under a barrel to be lifted by the barrel truck when the barrel is pivoted;
- a cradling member pivotally coupled to the wheeled support for engaging with a portion of the perimeter of the barrel but not extending past the center line of the barrel;
- and
- an upright structure coupled to the cradling member and having a gripping mechanism for gripping the barrel at the top of the barrel, the gripping mechanism adapted to have a force applied thereto to exert an upward force on the barrel to pivot the barrel off the ground when a force is applied to the handle structure, causing the wheeled support to move forward and pivot with respect to the cradling member, allowing the wheels on the wheeled support to move underneath the barrel, with further force on the handle structure lifting the barrel off the ground balanced over the wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.