Cart System for Holding and Retaining Portable Ball Hoppers
OwnerRastislav Ilkovicinventor
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Abstract
A cart assembly that is designed to hold and transport one or more ball hoppers. The ball hoppers have baskets that are supported by legs. The baskets are configured to hold some type of ball, such as a tennis ball or a golf ball. The cart assembly can transport the ball hoppers as they are standing on legs. The cart assembly has a platform that is supported by wheels. The wheels provide the platform with the ability to roll. Receptacles are present on the platform. The receptacles are sized, shaped and positioned to receive the legs of a ball hopper when the ball hopper is placed on the platform. Once a ball hopper is attached to the platform, the ball hopper becomes part of the cart assembly and can roll with the cart assembly from point to point.
Claims20
A cart assembly, comprising:
- a ball hopper having a basket supported by legs;
- a platform;
- wheels that support said platform, therein providing said platform with the ability to roll on said wheels;
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- receptacles on said platform that engage and retain said legs of said ball hopper, therein joining said ball hopper to said platform.
A cart assembly for transporting a ball hopper, comprising:
- a platform having a support surface suspended within a peripheral framework;
- wheels that support said framework;
- opposing receptacles mounted to said peripheral framework that are configured to engage said ball hopper, said opposing receptacles having openings that face inwardly from said peripheral framework;
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- hooks, separate and distinct from said opposing receptacles, mounted to said framework, wherein said hooks are configured to engage said ball hopper when oriented at an angle to said platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.