Van-mounted service carts for skilled tradesmen
OwnerDaniel Dinvernoinventor
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Abstract
A service cart transportable in a van or truck is comprised of a vertically oriented pyramid-shaped profile. The pyramid shape offers a high degree of stability, making it virtually impossible to tip over during normal operating conditions, especially during transport. The cart has a fourwheel base. One set of wheels is preferably swivel casters for turning sharp corners. A second set of wheels is larger and located externally of the cart. These wheels increase the base of the pyramid profile and add to the cart's stability. The service cart may be transported to and from a job site. The cart fits into a van or truck bed. To remove the cart from the vehicle, a ramp system is provided. A mechanical or electrical winch may be used to transport the cart into or out of the vehicle.
Claims9
In a motor vehicle having an enclose cargo storage area with a floor, the improvement comprising:
- a removable service cart for transporting tools, the service cart including tool storage means for storing tools and equipment within the service cart and wheel means connected to the service cart for moving the service cart across generally planar surfaces, the wheel means having at least one fixed axis of rotation common with respect to two wheels, the tool storage means including a rectangular box-like lower portion of the service cart having an elongated longitudinal axis normal to the one common fixed axis of rotation, the elongated longitudinal axis defining a length of the lower portion greater than a width and a height of the lower portion, and an upper portion of the service cart having at least two sidewalls inclined and upwardly extending toward one another along at least a part of a length of the upper portion of the service cart, such that a top extending between the sidewalls has a width less than the width of the lower portion, the upper portion having a height substantially the same as the height of the lower portion;
- retractable ramp means normally stored on the floor of the motor vehicle and extendible beyond the floor for bridging space between the floor and the adjacent ground to allow removal of the service cart by wheeling the service cart across the floor and across the ramp means to the ground;
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- winch means connected to the motor vehicle within the enclosed storage area and connectible to the service cart for winching the service cart across the ramp means between the ground and the floor of the storage area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.