US 8,132,819 B2Granted

Rolling container assembly with mount structure

AssigneeThe Stanley Works Israel Ltd.

InventorsEitan Landau, Noam Twig

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Abstract

A rolling container assembly includes a base container, wheels to provide rolling support, at least one removable container, and a container engaging region with an automatic lock interacting between the removable container and the container engaging region. The automatic lock is releasable so that the removable container can be released to enable the at least one removable container to be carried by its carrying handle and transported separately from the base container. The assembly has a lower drawer and an upper drawer, and a slide structure having a first portion mounted to the upper drawer and a second portion mounted to the lower drawer to facilitate movement of the drawers. The lower drawer and upper drawer are independently movable between their respective open and closed positions. The apparatus includes a central frame structure carrying a lock member that enables the upper drawer to be locked in the closed position.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for transporting articles between working locations, comprising:

a base container having an interior space in which articles to be transported can be stored, one or more rotatable ground engaging wheels mounted for rotation about an axis to provide rolling support for the apparatus;
at least one removable container having (i) a container portion with an interior space in which articles to be transported can be stored, (ii) a lid pivotally connected to the container portion;
(iii) a latch arrangement constructed to secure the lid in covering relation with respect to the container portion, and (iv) a carrying handle attached to the lid and that is manually graspable to enable carriage of the removable container;
a container engaging region disposed above the base container;
an automatic lock interacting between the at least one removable container and the container engaging region, the automatic lock including a latch member that moves from a first position to a second position to lock the at least one removable container to the container engaging region in response to the at least one removable container being engaged with the container engaging region,
the automatic lock being releasable so that the at least one removable container can be released from the container engaging region to enable the at least one removable container to be carried by the carrying handle and transported separately from the base container;
and a manually engageable pulling handle, the pulling handle and the one or more ground engaging wheels being arranged to enable a user to manually pull the pulling handle generally rearwardly so as to tilt the apparatus rearwardly to a tilted rolling movement position, thereby enabling the user to roll the apparatus to a desired location by pushing or pulling the pulling handle in a desired direction.

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An apparatus for transporting articles between working locations, comprising:

one or more rotatable ground engaging wheels mounted for rotation about an axis to provide rolling support for the apparatus;
a lower drawer having an interior space in which articles to be transported can be stored;
an upper drawer disposed above the lower drawer and slidable between open and closed positions, the upper drawer having a movable handle;
the lower drawer slidable between open and closed positions, wherein in the closed position, an upwardly facing opening of the lower drawer is disposed beneath the upper drawer;
the lower drawer and upper drawer being independently movable between their respective open and closed positions;
a central frame structure carrying a lock member that enables the upper drawer to be locked in the closed position, the lock member extending forwardly from the central frame structure, the upper drawer being releasable from the forwardly extending lock member upon movement of the movable handle;
and a manually engageable pulling handle, the pulling handle and the one or more ground engaging wheels being arranged to enable a user to manually pull the pulling handle generally rearwardly so as to tilt the apparatus rearwardly to a tilted rolling movement position, thereby enabling the user to roll the apparatus to a desired location by pushing or pulling the pulling handle in a desired direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.