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US 2015/0028555 A1Published application
Caster mounting interface for industrial cart
AssigneeGreenlee Textron Inc.
InventorsJohn Wayne Kroening, Zachary Tate Lamoreux
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Abstract
An industrial cart has a caster interface which allows for the quick changing of wheel casters on the cart without the use of tools. The caster interface forms a three-sided pocket into which a wheeled caster seats. A plate of the caster seats within the pocket through an open end of the pocket. A locking mechanism is used to quickly and easily secure the caster into the pocket.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- walls forming a three-sided. pocket with an open end;
- a caster comprising a caster plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and an edge, and at least one wheel extending from said lower surface of said caster plate, said caster plate seating within said pocket through said open end;
- a locking mechanism attached to one of said walls, said locking mechanism engaging with said caster plate to secure said caster plate within the pocket.
A method of attaching a wheeled caster to a frame for carrying equipment, comprising:
- providing a frame having a three-sided pocket thereon;
- moving a member to an upper position where the member does not interfere with insertion of the caster plate
- inserting a wheeled caster into a three-sided pocket provided on a frame;
- and
- engaging a locking mechanism provided on said frame with said caster plate to secure said caster plate within the pocket, wherein said engagement comprises moving a member to an upper position where the member does not interfere with insertion of the caster plate into the pocket and thereafter moving the member to a lower position which is proximate to the caster plate such that the member is capable of being engaged with the caster plate, wherein said engagement is performed without the use of tools.
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