Patent Application
20170297539
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The disclosure and prior art relates to washing devices and more particularly pertains to a new washing device for cleaning an undercarriage of a vehicle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base that may be rolled along a support surface. Thus, the base may be rolled beneath an undercarriage of a vehicle. A plurality of wheels is provided. Each of the wheels is rotatably coupled to the base to roll along the support surface. A handle is movably coupled to the base. A spray unit is coupled between the handle and the base. The spray unit may be coupled to a fluid source to deliver a fluid onto the undercarriage thereby facilitating the undercarriage to be cleaned. The spray unit includes a reservoir. The reservoir may contain a detergent thereby facilitating the spray unit to deliver the detergent to the undercarriage.
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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The base 12 has a top wall 20 and a peripheral wall 22 extending downwardly from the top wall 20. The top wall 20 has an outer edge 24. The outer edge 24 has a plurality of intersecting sides 26 such that the top wall 20 has a triangular shape. The peripheral wall 22 is coextensive with the outer edge 24 of the top wall 20. The top wall 20 has a top surface 28 and a bottom surface 30. The intersecting sides 26 include a front side 32.
A plurality of wheels 36 is provided. Each of the wheels 36 is rotatably coupled to the base 12. Thus, each of the wheels 36 may roll along the support surface 14. Each of the wheels 36 is positioned on the bottom surface 30. Moreover, each of the wheels 36 is aligned with an associated one of three corners 38 of the base 12. Each of the wheels 36 is rotatable about an axis extending through the top surface 28 and the bottom surface 30 of the top wall 20.
A handle 40 is movably coupled to the base 12 and the handle 40 may be manipulated. The handle 40 has a first end 42 and a second end 44. The first end 42 is hingedly coupled to the top wall 20. The handle 40 has a first bend 46 thereon to define a first portion 48 forming an angle with respect to a second portion 50. The handle 40 has a second bend 52 thereon to define a third portion 54 forming an angle with respect to the second portion 50. The second bend 52 is spaced from the first bend 46. Each of the first portion 48 and the third portion 54 angle downwardly from the second portion 50.
A spray unit 56 is coupled between the handle 40 and the base 12. The spray unit 56 may be coupled to a fluid source 58. Thus, the spray unit 56 may deliver a fluid 60 onto the undercarriage 16. Thus, the undercarriage 16 may be cleaned. The spray unit 56 may remove salt, dirt and other corrosives that have collected on the undercarriage 16. Thus, the spray unit 56 may enhance a service life of the undercarriage 16.
The spray unit 56 facilitates the undercarriage 16 to be cleaned without keeling down or bending over. Additionally, the undercarriage 16 may be cleaned without lifting the vehicle 14 from the support surface 14. The fluid source 58 may comprise a garden hose or the like. The fluid 60 may comprise water.
The spray unit 56 includes a reservoir 62. The reservoir 62 may contain a detergent 64. Thus, the spray unit 56 may deliver the detergent 64 to the undercarriage 16. The detergent 64 may comprise a liquid soap or the like.
The spray unit 56 comprises a conduit 66 extending between the first end 42 of the handle 40 and the base 12. The conduit 66 extends along the bottom surface 30 of the base 12. A hose coupling 68 is coupled to the first end 42 of the handle 40. The hose 40 coupling is fluidly coupled to the conduit 66. The hose coupling 68 may be fluidly coupled to the fluid source 58 thereby facilitating the fluid 60 to be delivered to the conduit 66.
A plurality of nozzles 70 is provided and each of the nozzles 70 extends through the bottom surface 30 and the top surface 28 of the base 12. Each of the nozzles 70 is fluidly coupled to the conduit 66. Thus, the conduit 66 may deliver the fluid 60 to each of the nozzles 70. Each of the nozzles 70 has a distal end 72 with respect to the top surface 28. The distal end 72 corresponding to each of the nozzles 70 is open.
The distal end 72 corresponding to each of the nozzles 70 may spray the fluid 60 upwardly from the base 12. Thus, the fluid 60 may wash the undercarriage 16 when the base 12 is positioned beneath the vehicle 18. The nozzles 70 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the front side 32 of the base 12. Each of the nozzles 70 may comprise pressure washer nozzles or the like. Thus, each of the nozzles 70 may deliver the fluid 60 in a pressurized stream thereby enhancing cleaning the undercarriage 16.
The reservoir 62 is removably coupled to the handle 40. The reservoir 62 is in fluid communication with the conduit 66 when the reservoir 62 is coupled to the handle 40. Thus, the reservoir 62 may deliver the detergent 64 to the conduit 66. The reservoir 62 may be positioned on the second portion 50 of the handle 40. Additionally, the reservoir 62 may comprise a bottle or the like.
A first valve 74 is coupled to the handle 40. The first valve 74 is in fluid communication with the conduit 66 to selectively inhibit the fluid 60 from travelling to the nozzles 70. The first valve 74 includes a trigger 76 that is movably coupled to the handle 40. Thus, the trigger 76 may be manipulated. The fluid 60 to may travel to the nozzles 70 when the trigger 76 is manipulated. The trigger 76 may be positioned on the second portion 50 and the first valve 74 may comprise a fluid valve or the like.
A second valve 78 is coupled to the handle 40. The second valve 78 is in fluid communication with the reservoir 62. Thus, the second valve 78 may selectively inhibit the detergent 64 from being delivered to the conduit 66. The second valve 78 includes a knob 80 that is movably coupled to the handle 40. Thus, the knob 78 may be manipulated thereby facilitating the second valve 78 to deliver a selected amount of the detergent 46 to the nozzles 70.
The knob 78 may be positioned in a closed position thereby inhibiting the detergent 46 from being delivered to the nozzles 70. The knob 78 may be positioned between a minimum position and a maximum position. Thus, the second valve 78 may deliver an amount of the detergent 64 ranging between a minimum amount and a maximum amount. The second valve 78 may comprise a fluid valve or the like.
In use, the fluid source 58 is fluidly coupled to the hose coupling 68. The handle 40 is gripped and the base 12 is urged to be positioned beneath the vehicle 18. The trigger 76 is manipulated to spray the fluid 60 outwardly from the nozzles 70. Thus, the fluid 60 cleans the undercarriage 16. The knob 78 may be manipulated to deliver a selected amount of the detergent 64 to the nozzles. Thus, the detergent 64 enhances cleaning the undercarriage 16.
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.
