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US 5,873,582 AGranted
Convertible hunting utility cart
OwnerDonald J. Kauffman, Jr., Kenneth M. Leathermaninventors
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Abstract
A convertible hunting utility cart including a frame portion. A pair of wheels are rotatably coupled with the frame portion. A U-shaped handle is pivotally and removably coupled with the frame portion. A hitch portion is couplable to the frame portion. A sled portion is couplable to the frame portion between the pair of wheels.
Claims9
A convertible hunting utility cart for transporting game and gear while hunting comprising, in combination:
- a frame portion comprised of a pair of opposed side frames being connected by an end frame, each of the side frames having a wheel guard extending upwardly from a central portion thereof, each of the side frames having a wheel well extending outwardly from the central portion thereof, the wheel well having a width essentially equal to a width of the wheel guard, the frame portion further comprising a planar top member secured between the pair of opposed side frames, a plurality of cross bars extend between the side frames below the planar top member, the planar top member having a pair of posts extending downwardly therefrom;
- a pair of wheels rotatably coupled with the pair of opposed side frames of the frame portion disposed within the wheel wells thereof;
- a U-shaped handle pivotally and removably coupled with front ends of the pair of side frames of the frame portion, free ends of the U-shaped handle having pivoting segments coupled therewith, free ends of the pivoting segments pivotally and removably coupled with the pair of side frames inwardly of the front ends thereof;
- a hitch portion including a pair of side supports, each of the supports having an elongated portion and an inwardly extending portion, free ends of the elongated portions couplable to the front ends of the pair of side frames of the frame portion, a support arm pivotally coupled with one of the inwardly extending portions, free ends of the inwardly extending portions integral with a hitch;
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- a sled portion including a pair of opposed ski portions, an H-shaped support bracket extends between the pair of ski portions, the H-shaped support bracket having open upper ends dimensioned for receiving the pair of posts therein whereby the ski portions are disposed inwardly of the pair of wheels, lower ends of the H-shaped support bracket secured to the skis by a pair of L-shaped brackets, pairs of opposed angular braces extend from the upper ends of the H-shaped support bracket to the ski portions.
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A convertible hunting utility cart comprising:
- a frame portion;
- a pair of wheels rotatably coupled with the frame portion;
- a U-shaped handle pivotally and removably coupled with the frame portion;
- a hitch portion couplable to the frame portion;
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- a sled portion couplable to the frame portion between the pair of wheels, the sled portion including a pair of generally planar opposed ski portions, an H-shaped support bracket extends between the pair of ski portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.