Portable utility carrier apparatus
AssigneeGo Products, Inc.
InventorsDaniel A. Brennan, Mark A. Dronen
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Abstract
A transportable utility carrier apparatus for coupling to a transport vehicle, including an upper frame, a recessed platform connected to the upper frame, a wheeled base, a lift system interposed between the base and the upper frame for moving the wheeled base relative to the platform between a transport position and a freestanding position, a square hitch tube connected to the upper frame, and a rollered receiver hitch mountable to the transport vehicle. The wheels are spaced from the ground in the transport position. The square hitch tube is receivable within the rollered receiver hitch and the rollered receiver hitch eases insertion of the square hitch tube thereinto to prevent binding on unleveled ground.
Claims11
A transportable utility carrier apparatus for coupling to a transport vehicle, comprising:
- an upper frame;
- a recessed platform connected to the upper frame;
- a wheeled base;
- a lift system interposed between the base and the upper frame for moving the wheeled base relative to the platform between a transport position and a freestanding position;
- a square hitch tube connected to the upper frame;
- and
- a rollered receiver hitch mountable to the transport vehicle;
- wherein the wheels are spaced from the ground in the transport position;
- wherein the square hitch tube is receivable within the rollered receiver hitch;
- and
- wherein the rollered receiver hitch eases insertion of the square hitch tube thereinto to prevent binding on unleveled ground.
A transport assembly that may be connected to and carried by a vehicle, comprising:
- an upper platform for supporting an interior transport volume;
- a wheeled base;
- a lift system interposed between the base and the upper platform for moving the wheeled base relative to the upper platform between a transport position and a use position;
- a square male hitch tube connected to the upper platform;
- and
- a rollered square female receiver hitch mountable on the vehicle;
- wherein the rollered receiver hitch lockingly connects to the square male hitch tube to define a transport position;
- wherein the wheeled base is spaced from the ground in the transport position;
- wherein the square male hitch tube is receivable within the rollered receiver hitch;
- and
- wherein the rollered receiver hitch eases insertion of the square hitch tube thereinto on unlevel ground.
A transport apparatus connectable to a hitch-equipped vehicle, comprising:
- a housing platform;
- a rollable base;
- a lift system of extending between the base and the housing platform for moving the rollable base relative to the housing platform between a first position and a second position;
- a square male hitch tube connected to the housing platform;
- and
- a rollered square female receiver hitch mountable on the vehicle;
- wherein the rollered receiver hitch lockingly connects to the square male hitch tube to define a first position;
- wherein the rollable base is spaced from the ground in the first position;
- wherein the square male hitch tube is receivable within the rollered receiver hitch;
- and
- wherein the rollered receiver hitch eases insertion of the square hitch tube thereinto on unlevel ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.