Utility wagon
AssigneeCountry Home Products, Inc.
InventorRichard O. Raymond
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Abstract
A front end wall and front side walls are hinged so that they may move from a work position extending upwardly to a downwardly extending storage position. Rear side walls and a rear end wall are rigidly connected together and fixed to the base of the wagon for supporting the side walls of the work position with latches. A removable shelf for a back rest can be supported by the rear side and end walls. A rigid rearwardly extending handle can be used to pivot the wagon about its large rear wheels to pick the front wheels up for steering and going over obstacles. The handle is slidingly unclamped to be movable to a storage position.
Claims10
A utility wagon, comprising:
- a planar, substantially continuous and solid rectangular rigid base having a top surface, bottom surface, and four side and end edges;
- two front wheels journalled together on a common axle for rotation;
- means for mounting said front wheels on and below said base for supporting the front portion of said base above the wheels;
- a pair of rear wheels being connected together for rotation about a common rear axis;
- means for mounting said rear wheels on and beneath said base for supporting the rear portion of said base and together with said front wheels maintaining said base parallel to a planar wheel support surface;
- a generally rectangular front end wall;
- hinge means pivotally mounting said front end wall to the side edge of said base for pivotal movement between a vertical upwardly extending work position and a vertical downwardly extending storage position;
- a pair of generally rectangular movable side walls;
- hinge means pivotally mounting said movable side walls to the front portions of said base side edges for movement between a vertical upwardly extending work position and a vertical downwardly extending storage position;
- latch means for securely interconnecting opposite corners of said front wall that are spaced from said hinge means respectively to adjacent corners of said side movable walls, when said front end wall and side movable walls are in their upwardly extending work position;
- rear fixed side walls being generally coplanar and adjacent to respective movable side walls;
- means rigidly connecting said rear fixed side walls to adjacent side edges of said base;
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- a rear fixed end wall rigidly connected respectively to the end edge of said base and the adjacent edges of said rear fixed side walls, said rear fixed side and end walls extending upwardly from said base a distance substantially greater than said front movable side and front end walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.