Utility carrier
OwnerJoseph Edmondsinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible carrier for transporting implements, goods or personnel over paved or sand surfaces which includes a horizontal frame mounted on wheels and having a rail extending about the frame to retain the load being carried on the frame. A handle is pivotally attached to one end of the frame while a slider device is carried on the underside of the frame at its opposite end. The rails and handle are arranged to fold into a storage position and to extend into an operative position. The utility carrier and its load is supported on the wheels or the slider device when in its operative position.
Claims6
A portable utility carrier for transporting various articles and loads across paved or sand surfaces, said carrier adapted to be collapsed into a storage position or extended into an operative position, said carrier comprising the combination of:
- a rectangular base frame having a front end and a rear end connected together by said elements:
- a U-shaped rail in plan view having parallel side sections pivotally secured at one end to said frame rear end and having their other ends terminating with a cross bar extending over said frame front end in a raised cantilevered relationship while in said operative position, said U-shaped rail lying substantially adjacent said base frame while in said storage position;
- brace means pivotally attached at one end to said frame front end and terminating in a slidable supporting connection means at an opposite end with each of said side sections, said brace means supporting said cross bar in a raised operative position over said frame front end, and said brace means lying substantially adjacent said base frame while in said storage position;
- U-shaped handle means pivotally carried on said frame rear end and positionable between an outwardly extending operative position and a storage position with said handle lying substantially adjacent to said base frame;
- wheels removably disposed on said frame midway between its front and rear ends for rollably supporting said frame on a paved surface;
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- a slider plate removably disposed on said frame front end for slidably supporting said frame on a sand surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.