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US 5,660,637 AGranted
Paint rack for a vehicle body shop
OwnerJohn P. Dodgeinventor
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Abstract
A paint rack for use in a vehicle body shop includes a frame mounted on wheels, which are repositionable wheels for use or storage as desired. The frame may be fixed or adjustable, both vertically and horizontally.
Claims19
A paint rack for use in a vehicle body shop, the paint rack including:
- (a) a frame mounted on a wheel assembly;
- (b) a repositionable means cooperating with the wheel assembly in order to provide a use position for the wheel assembly of the paint rack and a storage position for the wheel assembly of the paint rack relative to the frame;
- (c) the frame including a support means for a part of a vehicle to be painted;
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- (d) the use position providing either for the part of the vehicle to be painted or to be supported during a paint drying procedure;
- (e) the storage position having the wheel assembly substantially co-planar with the frame;
- (f) the use position having the wheel assembly substantially perpendicular to the frame;
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- (g) the support means being adapted to receive the part of a vehicle to be painted.
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An adjustable paint rack for use in a vehicle body shop, the paint rack including:
- (a) a frame mounted on wheel assembly;
- (b) the wheel assembly having a use position for the paint rack and a storage position for the paint rack relative to the frame;
- (c) the frame including a support means for a part of a vehicle to be painted thereon;
- (d) the frame including an adjusting means to change the size of the frame;
- (e) the use position providing either for the part of the vehicle to be painted or to be supported during a paint drying procedure;
- (f) the adjusting means including a side bar adjusting means, a top brace bar adjusting means, and a middle brace bar adjusting means;
- (g) the side bar adjusting means including a first side nesting member and a second side nesting member to form at least one side bar;
- (h) the top brace bar adjusting means including a first top nesting member and a second top nesting member to form top brace bar;
- (i) the middle brace bar adjusting means including a first middle nesting member and a second middle nesting member to form a middle brace bar;
- (j) the at least one side bar including a first side bar and a second side bar;
- (k) the top brace bar, the middle brace bar, the first side bar and the second side bar cooperating to form the frame;
- (l) the first side bar and the second side bar being secured to the wheel assembly at one end thereof;
- (m) the first side bar and the second side bar being secured respectively to each end of the top brace bar at an opposing end thereof;
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- (n) the middle brace bar being secured to the first side bar and the second side bar at end thereof and between the wheel assembly and the top brace bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.