Tray and dish cart
AssigneeCambro Manufacturing Company
InventorLarry D. Maddux
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Abstract
A movable cart comprising a base member having a generally rectangular shape supported on a plurality of swivel casters and having two sidewalls joined to a rear wall, and including channels disposed within the base member and/or the walls for accommodating one or more panels for dividing the cart into two or more compartments. The panels have a double flanged edge sized to fit into the channels of the base member and a single flange sized to fit into the channels of the walls. The panels are secured to the walls by means of a screw member which passes through the walls and is received into an internally threaded opening in the edge of the panels.
Claims14
A movable cart comprising:
- a base member having a major surface with a plurality of sides;
- casters attached to said base member;
- one or more walls including one rear wall attached to one of the side of said base member leaving one side open;
- a plurality of channels separated by lands disposed within said base member and said rear wall;
- at least one upright panel removably placed within said cart to divide said cart into compartments, each said panel having one or more edges including at least a bottom edge, and a rearward edge, said bottom edge being sized to fit within said channels of said base member, said rearward edge being formed by an enlarged portion having a plurality of rearwardly extending flanges, each flange being separated from an adjacent flange by a land and each flange being sized to fit within said channels of said rear wall;
- and,
- means attached to said at least one panel and said rear wall for removably securing said panel to said rear wall.
A movable cart comprising:
- a base member formed of an inner wall and an outer wall defining a shell filled with a rigid foam and having a generally rectangular shape including a front, back and side edges, said base member being supported on a plurality of swivel casters;
- two upright side walls adjoining an upright rear wall and attached to said base member, each wall formed of an inner wall and an outer wall defining a shell filled with a rigid foam;
- said inner wall of said base member sloping from said front edge to said rear wall;
- said inner wall of said base member having a plurality of grooves separated by lands and extending perpendicularly toward said rear wall;
- said inner wall of said rear wall having a plurality of grooves separated by lands extending in an upright direction and substantially aligned with said grooves and lands of said base member;
- said base member grooves terminating in a lengthwise trough;
- one or more upright divider panels formed of an inner wall and an outer wall defining a shell filled with a rigid foam, each panel having one or more edges including a bottom edge, and a rear edge, said bottom edge being sized to fit within said grooves of said base member, said rearward edge being formed by an enlarged portion having a plurality of rearwardly extending flanges, each flange being separated from an adjacent flange by a land and each flange being sized to fit within said grooves of said rear wall;
- at least a portion of said rear edge of said divider panels having a flattened edge;
- and,
- means attached to said flattened edge of said panel and means attached to said rear wall for removably receiving and securing said panel to said rear wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.