B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
B
16/10
B60B 33/08 (2006.01) B60B 33/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2015147
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A wheeled carriage has a chassis with a plurality of swivel casters, and a locking assembly actuated by a foot pedal located along the front of the carriage. Pushing down on the foot pedal rotates a cam that engages a cam follower on a "T" bar frame supporting two locking rings which respectively overlie two of the caster wheels to move the rings into a locking position in engagement with the wheels to lock the wheels and the casters in any position. The cam follower surface includes a ramp portion engageable by the cam for driving the rings to their locking position and a horizontal latch portion engageable by the cam in its "overcenter" position for holding the rings in their locking position. A lifter bar is engageable by the user's foot to rotate the cam back off the follower and permit the rings to resiliently return to their release position. The cam and follower surfaces are so arranged that a limited rotation of the cam through less than about 25 degrees is sufficient to move the assembly between its release and locking configura- tions so that the locking assembly can be used where only a few inches of clearance beneath the chassis is available.
Heiligenthal Charles H.
Parise Jack A.
Slivon George R.
Heiligenthal Charles H.
Parise Jack A.
Slivon George R.
Smart & Biggar
Snap-On Tools Corporation
LandOfFree
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