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US 6,398,235 B1Granted
Mobile storage unit
OwnerLawren Charles Caryinventor
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Abstract
A mobile storage unit broadly comprises a support frame, primary and auxiliary wheel assemblies, and first and second storage shelves. The primary wheel assembly assists to position the support frame upright on a transport surface and permits movement of thereover, while the auxiliary wheel assembly movably supports the frame in a horizontal position above the transport surface. Each storage shelf is pivotally disposed on the support frame and selectively moveable between a stowed and extended positions to support a respective container for Implements. The unit may also have a single storage shelf and a removable panel insert nestably received therein. Alternatively, first and second frameworks can be provided to receive a tool box for vertical and horizontal transport, respectively, as desired.
Claims12
A mobile storage unit adapted for use in transporting and stowing selected implements, comprising;
- (a) an elongated and rigid support frame having a first end and an opposite second end;
- (b) a primary wheel assembly rotatably journaled with respect to said support frame proximate to said first end and operative in conjunction with said first end to position said support frame upright on a transport surface while permitting movement of said support frame therealong;
- (c) an auxiliary wheel assembly rotatably journaled with respect to said support frame proximate to said second end, said auxiliary wheel assembly operative in conjunction with said primary wheel assembly to movably support said support frame in a horizontal position above the transport surface when the longitudinal axis of said support frame is oriented substantially parallel thereto;
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- (d) a first storage shelf pivotally disposed on said support frame between said first and second ends, said first storage shelf selectively movable between a stowed position wherein said first storage shelf is oriented alongside a longitudinal axis of said support frame and an extended position wherein said first storage shelf is oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis such that said first storage shelf may receivably support a first container for said implements;
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- (e) a second storage shelf pivotally disposed on said support frame between said first and second ends, said second storage shelf selectively movable between a stowed position wherein said second storage shelf is oriented alongside the longitudinal axis and an extended position wherein said second storage shelf is oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis such that said second storage shelf may receivably support a second container for said implements.
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A mobile storage unit adapted for use in transporting and stowing selected implements, comprising;
- (a) an elongated and rigid support frame having a first end and an opposite second end;
- (b) a primary wheel assembly rotatably journaled with respect to said support frame proximate to said first end and operative in conjunction with said first end to position said support frame upright on a transport surface while permitting movement of said support frame therealong;
- (c) an auxiliary wheel assembly rotatably journaled with respect to said support frame proximate to said second end, said auxiliary wheel assembly operative in conjunction with said primary wheel assembly to movably support said support frame in a horizontal position above the transport surface when the longitudinal axis of said support frame is oriented substantially parallel thereto;
- (d) a first storage shelf pivotally disposed on said support frame between said first and second ends, said first storage shelf selectively movable between a stowed position wherein said first storage shelf is oriented alongside a longitudinal axis of said support frame and an extended position wherein said first storage shelf is oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis such that said first storage shelf may receivably support a first container for said implements;
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- (e) a removable panel insert sized and adapted to be nestably received by said first framework and said first storage shelf.
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A mobile storage unit adapted for use in transporting and stowing selected implements, comprising:
- (a) an elongated and rigid support frame having a first end and an opposite second end;
- (b) a primary wheel assembly rotatably journaled with respect to said support frame proximate to said first end and operative in conjunction with said first end to position said support frame upright on a transport surface while permitting movement on said support frame therealong;
- (c) an auxiliary wheel assembly rotatably journaled with respect to said support frame proximate to said second end, said auxiliary wheel assembly operative in conjunction with said primary wheel assembly to movably support said support frame in a horizontal position above the transport surface when a longitudinal axis of said support frame is oriented substantially parallel thereto;
- (d) a tool box including a storage tray;
- (e) at least a first storage shelf pivotally disposed on said support frame between said first and second ends, said first storage shelf movable between a stowed position wherein said first storage shelf is oriented alongside the longitudinal axis of said support frame and an extended position wherein said first storage shelf is oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis such that said first storage shelf may receivably support said tool tray;
- (f) a first framework mounted to said support frame and extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, said first framework sized and adapted to nestably receive said tool box for vertical transport therein when said support frame is positioned upright on the transport surface said first storage shelf being positioned on said support frame relative to said tool box such that it may be supported in the extended position by a lid of the tool box when the tool box is received by said first framework;
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- (g) a second framework mounted to said support frame and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, said second framework sized and adapted to nestably receive the tool box for horizontal transport therein when said support frame is positioned horizontally above the transport surfaces.
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