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US 8,540,255 B2Granted
Combination of a trolley for carrying cleaning materials and bucket structure
OwnerRonald Alexander (Scot) Younginventor
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A trolley for carrying cleaning materials includes a main trolley structure having a front end, a rear end, and a pair of sides, front wheels at the front end, back wheels at the rear end, a housing, and a handle structure at the rear end for guiding the main trolley structure over a floor on the wheels. The handle structure is moveable from a stowed condition to an operating condition for guiding the trolley. A bucket structure includes a container for containing cleaning liquid and at least three wheels for stables moveable over the floor independently of the trolley. The housing has a space into which at least a part of the bucket structure may be wheeled from the front end or a side of the pair of sides, such that the bucket structure is substantially within the housing when the bucket structure is received by the space.
A combination of a trolley for carrying cleaning materials and a bucket structure, the trolley including a main trolley structure including a front end, a rear end, and a pair of sides, the trolley including front wheels at the front end and back wheels at the rear end, a housing, and a handle structure provided at the rear end by means of which the main trolley structure may be guided over a floor on the wheels, the handle structure being moveable relative to the main trolley structure from a stowed condition to an operating condition in which the handle structure is usable for guiding the trolley, the bucket structure including a container for containing cleaning liquid and at least three wheels whereby the bucket structure is stably moveable over the floor independently of the trolley, the housing of the main trolley structure including an accommodation space into which at least a part of the bucket structure may be wheeled from the front end or from a side of the pair of sides, such that the bucket structure is substantially within the housing when the bucket structure is received by the accommodation space, and there being a retaining device for retaining at least a part of the bucket structure in the accommodation space and which is readily releasable to permit subsequent separation of the trolley and bucket structure, the housing substantially surrounding the accommodation space on at least two of the front end, the rear end and the pair of sides, and the trolley including at least one storage area for carrying materials used for cleaning.
A trolley for carrying cleaning materials, the trolley including a main trolley structure including a front end, a rear end, and a pair of sides, the trolley including front wheels at the front end and back wheels at the rear end, a housing, and a handle structure provided at the rear end by means of which the main trolley structure may be guided over a floor on the wheels, the handle structure being moveable relative to the main trolley structure from a stowed condition to an operating condition in which the handle structure is usable for guiding the trolley, the housing of the main trolley structure including an accommodation space into which at least a part of a wheeled bucket structure may be wheeled from the front end or from a side of the pair of sides, such that the bucket structure is substantially within the housing when the bucket structure is received by the accommodation space, and there being a retaining device for retaining at least a part of the bucket structure in the accommodation space and which is readily releasable to permit subsequent separation of the trolley and bucket structure, the housing substantially surrounding the accommodation space on at least two of the front end, the rear end and the pair of sides, and the trolley including at least one storage area for carrying materials used the cleaning.
A trolley for carrying cleaning materials, the trolley including a main trolley structure including a front end, a rear end, and a pair of sides, the trolley including front wheels at the front end and back wheels at the rear end whereby the trolley is moveable over a floor on the wheels, and the trolley including a carrying structure extending outwardly of one of the front and rear ends and the sides of the main trolley structure, for mounting a carrying device which depends from the carrying structure, and the trolley including a support which is foldable at the one of the rear ends and the sides, between a lowered “in use” position in which at least one support wheel of the support engages the floor, and a raised position when the wheel of the support is raised clear of the floor, wherein the support is lockable in its lowered “in use” position.
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