Combination storage and carrying device
OwnerFrank A. Olshefskyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a combination storage and carrying device for holding and transporting a plurality of items, such as stacked firewood, wherein the device includes a support assembly and a pair of handles pivotally attached thereto. The support assembly includes a base member and a plurality of attached side wall members for retaining items positioned on the base member. Each of the handles pivots between fully extended and fully retracted positions as needed, and the handles include end portions which elevate the support assembly above a support surface.
Claims10
A combination storage and carrying device for transporting and storing a quantity of firewood and the like, and comprising:
- a substantially flat base portion having first and second pairs of spaced apertures extending therethrough;
- a first handle member positioned on an upwardly facing side of said base portion and having a pair of separate leg sections extending through and beyond said first pair of apertures to a downwardly facing side of said base portion, and a second handle member also positioned on said upwardly facing side of said base portion and having a pair of separate leg sections extending through and beyond said second pair of apertures;
- each leg section extending through and beyond one of said apertures including first and second portions having longitudinal axes forming an acute angle, and a third, smoothly curved portion joining said first and second portions to one another, whereby the first portions of a pair of leg sections forming a handle member rest against the upwardly facing side of said base portion and the second portions contact a storage support surface to elevate said base portion above said storage support surface when said respective handle member assumes a fully reclined position, whereby the third portions of each pair of leg sections forming a handle member contact the storage support surface and the second portions each contact a downwardly facing side of said base portion to elevate said base portion above said support surface when said respective handle member assumes a fully open position;
- side wall means extending from predetermined locations on the upwardly facing side of said base portion for resisting pivotal movement of said first and second handle members away from said upwardly facing side of said base portion beyond a predetermined location corresponding to their fully open positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.