Load dolly
OwnerPaul R. Jarko, Scott William Andrew Dunsmoor +1inventors
InventorsPaul R. Jarko, Scott William Andrew Dunsmoor, David B. Snaith
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Abstract
A wheeled dolly for storing and transporting a plurality of recycle boxes has an inverted U-shaped tubular frame and a pair of plastic shelves mounted on the frame and extending in a cantilever fashion therefrom. A lid is pivotally mounted on the frame for closing the open top of the top-most box. A metal mesh basket is mounted on the rear of the frame for receiving and storing paper products. A roll of cord is mounted on the lid for discharging a length of cord to tie the paper products into bundles. A cord cutter is mounted on the lid to cut the cord from the roll after it is tied about the paper products.
Claims31
A dolly for transporting a plurality of containers, said dolly comprising:
- a frame formed of tubular metal having an inverted U-shape with a pair of vertically extending side members and a curved end extending between said side members, and having front and rear sides;
- wheels for moving the dolly;
- at least upper and lower support shelves mounted in a spaced relationship on the frame and extending outwardly from the front side of the frame in a cantilever manner for supporting containers thereon;
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- a lid movably mounted on the frame providing a cover for a container supported on the upper shelf, said lid having an arcuate groove formed therein complementary to the curved end of the frame.
A combination comprising a plurality of rigid containers and a dolly for removably holding and transporting said containers, each of said containers being substantially rectangular parallelopiped with a top opening;
- said dolly having an upright frame with at least upper and lower support shelves mounted in a stacked spaced vertical aligned relationship thereon for slidably receiving and supporting the containers thereon, said shelves having open fronts for horizontally removing and placing the containers thereon;
- a lid mounted on the frame and movable between open and closed position, said lid being complementary in shape and size to the top opening of the container supported on the upper support shelf, said upper support shelf having upwardly extending side walls, a back wall, and a front rim for positioning the base of the container on the upper support shelf whereby said lid selectively matingly engages and closes the top opening of the container mounted on the upper support shelf when the lid is in a closed position with the top opening of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.