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US 5,857,695 AGranted
Beach cart
OwnerStacey Lee Crowellinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible caddy which coverts into a table when collapsed has wheels adapted to pavement and sand. The caddy optionally is provided with an umbrella support and attachment openings.
Claims18
A wheeled cart comprising:
- a boxlike base having a front and a rear end and a left and a right side,
- the base connected to a pair of rotatable left and right side panels wherein the left and right side panels fold toward one another to a substantially horizontal position to form a table,
- the left and right side panels each having a corresponding semi-circular cutout on respective top edges,
- a pair of cross bars for interconnecting the left and right side panels and maintaining the side panels in an approximate vertical position,
- a rotatable yoke for attachment to a base bottom surface near the front end,
- a pair of front wheels and a handle attached to the yoke,
- said yoke rotatable relative to the base to provide a steering effect to the base, and
- a pair of rear wheels attached to the base bottom surface near the rear end.
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A wheeled cart comprising:
- a base having a top surface with a front platform located near a front end and a rear platform located near a rear end, a depressed open section for the storage and transport of articles, the open section located between the front platform and rear platform;
- a hinged right side panel and a hinged left side panel rotatably attached to each side of the base for rotation from a juxtaposed substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position,
- a pair of cross bars for interconnection between the right side panel and the left side panel to maintain the panels in the substantially vertical position,
- a storage bag removably attached to each respective cross bar for the storage of articles,
- an L-shaped yoke with a central rotation hole for attachment to a boss, the boss located on a bottom surface of the base, a pair of tabs located on each end of the L-shaped yoke, one pair of tabs for engagement with a front axle and the second pair of tabs for engagement with a handle axle, a pair of front wheels rotatably attached to the front axle, a handle rotatably attached to the handle axle, the handle for steering the cart;
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- a pair of ridges extending from a bottom surface of the base near the rear end, the ridges having holes for insertion of a wheel axle, a pair of rear wheels for mounting on the wheel axle, the wheel axle and rear wheels restrained by a pair of wheel connectors.
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A wheeled cart comprising:
- a rectangular shaped base having a front end and a rear end, an underside and a top surface with a front handle centrally located on the front end and a rear handle centrally located on the rear end, a pair of drink recesses one on each side of the front handle, a side pivot on a left side of the base and corresponding side pivot on a right side of the base, a front platform located near the front end between the side pivots, an open section located between the front platform and the rear end for carrying and storage of items, a rear platform located between the open section and the rear end;
- a boss on the underside of the base near the front end with a circumscribing raised doughnut shaped structure where the boss is inserted into a rotation hole on an L-shaped yoke,
- the L-shaped yoke having a pair of tabs on one end for attachment of a handle and a second pair of tabs on the opposite end of the yoke for attachment of a pair of front wheels, the yoke rotatable relative to the base around the boss;
- a stop tab located rearward from the boss for preventing rotation of the yoke beyond a predetermined angle,
- a pair of ridges on the underside of the base for engaging a wheel axle on which are mounted a pair of rear wheels,
- a left side rectangular panel and a right side rectangular panel each having a semicircular cutout and a front and rear cutout on respective top edges, a pair of panel tubes on each of the panels, the panel tubes for attachment to the respective side pivots where the side panels are rotatable from a juxtaposed substantially horizontal position to a substantially vertical position, the side panels when in the substantially horizontal position forming a recessed table portion having a plurality of drink recesses surrounding the table portion, and the semicircular cutouts, when the panels are in the substantially horizontal position, forming a circular hole centered in the table portion approximately over an umbrella hole in the base;
- a pair of cross bars for engagement between each of the respective right and left side panel front and rear cutouts, the cross bars for maintaining the side panels in a substantially vertical position forming an interior for the transport of materials there within;
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- a storage bag affixed to each of the cross bars for the retention of articles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.