Door carrier
OwnerWilliam E. Willisinventor
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Abstract
Collapsible hand cart for carrying a door standing on edge, the cart comprising an elongated vertical beam having two vertically spaced pairs of guide flanges for receiving an edge of a door, the beam being hinged in the middle to fold back upon itself, a handle at the upper end of the beam for guiding the cart and two laterally spaced wheels mounted on an axle through the bottom of the cart for moving the cart, a pivotable horizontal channel support beam projecting outwardly at the bottom of the vertical beam to support an edge of the door, a foot at the upper end of the vertical beam to support the vertical beam in a level position when rotated to the horizontal.
Claims20
A foldable door carrier comprising an elongated vertical support beam hinged medially of its length to form an upper beam section and a lower beam section with said upper beam section being foldable rearwardly to a position substantially parallel with said lower beam section, each of said sections having a pair of parallel guide flanges aligned with each other and adapted to receive an edge of a door therebetween, said upper section having at its upper end a handle means for manually holding and guiding said carrier, said lower section having a pair of widely spaced wheels for rollable transportation of said carrier, a horizontal elongated support beam having one end portion adjacent to and extending forwardly from the bottom of said lower beam section, means for pivotally mounting said one end portion to said lower beam section adjacent its said bottom, said horizontal support beam being foldable rearwardly to a position substantially parallel to and in contact with said lower beam section, said upper beam section and said horizontal support beam being on opposite sides of said lower beam section while in a folded position, said horizontal support beam having parallel spaced flanges extending lengthwise thereof between said one end portion and the free end of said horizontal support beam and adapted to receive the edge of a door therebetween, said parallel spaced flanges and said pair of parallel guide flanges being in substantial alignment and forming a vertical plane into which is positionable a door and said flanges of said horizontal support beam being sufficiently spaced apart to permit said flanges of said lower beam section to be receivable therein.
A collapsible door carrier adapted to receive and transport a door standing on one of its edges, said carrier comprising a normally vertical elongated rectangular tubular beam having a front surface, a rear surface, and two side surfaces, and being laterally cut into an upper section and a lower section joined at said cut with a hinge to permit the upper sction to pivot to a collapsed position lying alongside and rearwardly of said lower section, said lower section having an axle cover member extending laterally outward from each said side surface adjacent the lower end of said lower section, an axle extending through said axle cover, a pair of wheels rotatably mounted on said axle at the lateral end respectively of each said axle cover, a rigid wheel cover attached respectively to each said axle cover and extending forwardly of said wheel with the lowest portion of said wheel cover at its forward extremity being slightly higher in elevation than the lowest portion on the circumference of said wheel, a channel support beam extending perpendicularly outward and forward from the lower end of said front surface of said lower section, pivot means attached between said channel support beam and said lower section so that said channel support beam may selectively lie lengthwise along the front surface of said lower section while in a collapsed position, said channel beam having the open side of said channel facing upward and adapted to receive the edge of a door therein, said upper and lower sections each including a front surface thereof, a pair of parallel guide flanges projecting outwardly from said front surface in alignment to receive an edge of a door therebetween, said open side of said channel and said pair of parallel guide flanges being in substantial alignment and forming a vertical plane into which is positionable a door, said upper section including at its upper end a handle means for manually holding, guiding and propelling said carrier and a foot support projecting outwardly from the rear surface of said upper section adjacent the upper end thereof substantially the amount that the circumference of said wheels projects outwardly from said rear surface of said lower section.
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