Patent Application
20190106144
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The disclosure and prior art relates to remote controlled cart devices and more particularly pertains to a new remote controlled cart device for securing and transporting a garbage bin.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cart configured to move over a ground surface. The cart is motorized and remotely controlled. A saddle is mounted on top of the cart. The saddle is configured to releasably secure a garbage bin to the cart such that the garbage bin is transportable by the cart.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Alternatively, the cart 12 may include a bottom wall 42. The drive system 24 may comprise of two motors 26. Each of the motors 26 is mechanically coupled to at least one of the wheels 22. The wheels 22 may have treads 44 attached thereto such that the wheels 22 frictionally engage the ground surface 14. The treads 44 may comprise of a polyurethane material but may be any material that allows the wheels 22 to frictionally engage the ground surface 14. The steering actuator 32 may comprise of a pair of linear actuators 40. Each of the linear actuators 46 attaches to one of at least two wheels 22 such that each wheel 22 is attached to an associated on of the linear actuators 46.
Alternatively, the steerable wheels 34 may be mechanically coupled to a single track rod that rotates both steerable wheels 34 in the same direction. Generally, it should be understood that the cart 12 comprises a conventional remote controlled vehicle and therefore numerous ways of controlling and providing locomotion for such are well established in the prior art of remote controlled vehicles.
A saddle 48 is mounted on top wall 18 of the cart 12. The saddle 48 is releasably secures a garbage bin 50 to the cart 12 such that the garbage bin 50 is transportable by the cart 12. The saddle 48 frictionally engages the garbage bin 50. The saddle 48 comprises a pair of walls 52, 54. Each of the walls 52, 54 is attached to and extends upwardly from the top wall 18 of the cart. Each of the walls 52, 54 is spaced from each other to define a receiving space 56 therebetween to define a receiving space 56 for the garbage bin 50. Each of the walls 52, 54 is elongated orientated parallel to each other. A pair of panels 58, 60, each of the walls 52, 54 has one of the panels 58, 60 mounted thereto such that the panels 58, 60 face each other and are positioned within the receiving space 56. A plurality of springs 62 is provided and each of the panels 58, 60 is attached to an associated one of the walls 52, 54 by at least one of the springs 62 such that the panels 58, 60 are biased toward each other.
Alternatively, the cart 12 may have an onboard mounted computer that is programmable to move the cart 12 with the garbage bin 50 engaged thereon at selected intervals. The computer may receive controls through the remote control 36 such that a user may use the remote control 36 to alter the selected time for the computer to move the garbage bin 50.
In use, the assembly 10 is used to secure and haul the garbage bin 50. The garbage bin 50 is releasably secured to the receiving space 56 of the cart 12. Once secured the cart 12 can be remote controlled to transport the garbage bin 50 wherever it is needed such as to the curb for trash pickup.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
