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US 7,614,114 B1Granted
Snap on wheels
AssigneeChien Luen Industries Co., Ltd., Inc.
InventorsJohn C. Bucher, Chad J. Ricker
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Abstract
Snappable wheel holders for environmental control units such as radiators, heaters, fans and air conditioners. Wheel holders can attach wheels to brackets located underneath the units by mateably attaching male protruding ends into female slots. Plastic triangular pieces can snap into openings to lock the wheel holders to the brackets. The brackets can be attached underneath the units by clamping U-bars with wing nuts.
Claims16
A mobile support apparatus for an environmental control unit comprising:
- an environmental control unit selected from one of a heater, a radiator and a fan;
- a breaker having an upper surface, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a first side between the first end and the second end, and a second side between the first end and the second end, the upper surface of the bracket attached under the environmental control unit, the bracket having a first horizontal oriented rectangular slot into the first end and a second horizontal oriented rectangular slot into the second end of the bracket which is opposite to the first end of the bracket;
- a first wheel rotatably attached to a first wheel holder, the first wheel holder having a first horizontal protruding rectangular end on top of the first wheel extending sideways therefrom;
- a first snapable triangular tab and a first catch slot, wherein the first wheel holder has either the first snapable triangular tab or the first catch slot, and wherein the first end of the bracket has either the first catch slot or the first snapable triangular tab;
- a second wheel rotatably attached to a second wheel holder, the second wheel holder having a second horizontal protruding rectangular end on top of the second wheel extending sideways therefrom;
- a second snapable triangular fab and a second catch slot, wherein the second wheel holder has either the second snapable triangular tab or the second catch slot, and wherein the second end of the bracket has either the second catch slot or the second snapable triangular tab, wherein the first horizontal protruding rectangular end of the first wheel holder is inserted horizontally into the first horizontal oriented rectangular slot on the first end of the bracket and is locked together by the first triangular tab snapably attaching into the first catch slot, and the second horizontal protruding rectangular end of the second wheel holder is inserted horizontally into the second horizontal oriented rectangular slot of the bracket and is locked together by the second triangular tab snapably attaching into the second catch slot, so that the environmental control unit is rollable on a floor surface by the first wheel and the second wheel, and the first and second wheel holders are removable from the bracket.
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A mobile support for an environmental control units comprising:
- an environmental control unit selected from one of a heater, a radiator and a fan;
- a first main bracket having an upper surface and a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a first side and a second side each between the first end and the second end, the upper surface of the bracket being attached underneath the control unit, the first main bracket having a first horizontal facing slot into the first end of the first main bracket, and a second horizontal facing slot into the second end of the first main bracket opposite to the one end;
- a first wheel;
- a first horizontal protruding member extending sideways from the first wheel;
- a first snapable triangular tab and first catch slot, wherein the first horizontal protruding member has either the first snapable triangular tab or the first catch slot, and wherein the first end of the bracket has either the first catch slot or the first snapable triangular tab, the first horizontal protruding member inserts in a first horizontal direction into the first horizontal socket on the first end of the first main bracket for attaching the first wheel to the environmental control unit by the first triangular tab snapably attaching into the first catch slot;
- a second wheel;
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- a second horizontal protruding member extending sideways from the second wheel;
- a second snapable triangular tab and a second catch slot, wherein the second horizontal protruding member has either the second snapable triangular tab or the second catch slot, and wherein the second end of the bracket has either the second catch slot or the second snapable triangular tab, the second horizontal protruding member inserts in a second horizontal direction opposite the first horizontal direction into the second horizontal socket on the second end of the first main bracket for attaching the second wheel to the environmental control unit by the second triangular tab snapably attaching into the second catch slot, so that the environmental control unit is rollable on a floor surface by the first wheel and the second wheel.
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