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US 9,751,161 B2Granted
Welding trailer
AssigneeS&V Fabrication & Steel, LLC
InventorsSeth Stewart, Chris Vogel
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Abstract
A cart or trailer for managing, storing, and working with welding bottles is disclosed.
Claims20
A trailer system, comprising:
- an axle-hub combination;
- a rectangular container having a frame and reinforcement located at a bottom thereof, where the frame and reinforcement is square tubing;
- the rectangular container permanently affixed to a top of the axle-hub combination, wherein the rectangular container is configured to be a predetermined size that holds bottles of gas used in welding, wherein the bottles are held in a vertical position;
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- a tongue attached to the rectangular container;
- and a pair of wheel fenders located on lateral sides of the rectangular container with a fork slot mounted above or level with each of the wheel fenders for lifting the trailer system.
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A method of manufacturing a torch cart, comprising:
- bending steel sheets of a predetermined size and width to form a rectangular container for holding large heavy bottles in a vertical position;
- mounting a pair of wheel fenders on lateral sides of the rectangular container, said lateral sides of the rectangular container each further including a respective fork slot mounted above or level with each of the wheel fenders for use in lifting the torch cart by forks from a fork lift;
- preparing an axle-hub mechanism for accepting the rectangular container thereupon;
- positioning the rectangular container upon the axle-hub mechanism so that a center-of-gravity of an unloaded rectangular container is directly above the axle-hub mechanism;
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- permanently fastening the rectangular container upon the axle-hub mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.