Scuba gear cart having multi-transport surfaces
OwnerGerald J. Davisinventor
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Abstract
An improved cart is provided to transport objects, particularly scuba diving equipment, over different surfaces such as asphalt and sand. The cart includes a two portion housing, one portion of which is constructed as a hull-like member which is removably mountable to a second portion constructed as a platform adapted to retain the equipment. A surface of the platform is provided with a roller system. The cart can be inverted to bring either the hull or the roller system into contact with the underlying surface over which the cart is to be transported to facilitate movement of the cart along the particular composition of underlying surface.
Claims20
An apparatus for transporting scuba equipment, comprising:
- a first portion comprising:
- a first surface for retaining the scuba equipment, the first surface having at least one cylindrically-shaped depression sized and shaped to receive a compressed air tank, and
- at least one substantially rectangularly-shaped depression to receive a weight belt;
- a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface comprising:
- conveying means constructed and arranged along the second surface to support the first portion for conveyance over an underlying surface;
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- a second portion removably mountable to the first portion, comprising:
- a continuous sidewall comprising:
- an interior surface extending to a peripheral edge of the continuous sidewall,
- an exterior surface extending from the peripheral edge, the exterior surface sized and shaped to support the second portion for movement over the underlying surface;
- wherein the first portion and the second portion are adapted to be inverted between a first position where the conveying means of the first portion contacts the underlying surface, and a second position where the exterior surface of the continuous sidewall contacts the underlying surface.
A transport apparatus, comprising:
- a first portion comprising:
- a first conveying surface,
- a retaining surface opposite to the first conveying surface and upon which objects to be transported are retained;
- a second portion removably mountable to the first portion, the second portion comprising:
- a second conveying surface,
- an interior surface opposite to the second conveying surface;
- retaining means removably mounted proximate to a peripheral edge of the retaining surface of the first portion;
- wherein the transport apparatus can be inverted between a first position where the first conveying surface of the first portion contacts an underlying surface over which the transport apparatus is conveyed, and
- a second position where the second conveying surface of the second portion contacts the underlying surface over which the transport apparatus is conveyed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.