Claims
- 1. A cart collapsible for storage and transport and expandable for use in carrying a load, comprising:
a modular load support frame that can be alternately assembled and dis-assembled, said modular frame being comprised of a pair of oppositely disposed horizontal parallel, rigid load support members 10 each having a pair of downwardly extending vertical strut 20 each having a lower end with axle mounting means at said lower end; further wherein said horizontal load support members have hollow well means therewithin for receiving an upper end of said at least one vertical strut; and further wherein said horizontal parallel, rigid load support members have respective forward and rearward ends, said forward and rearward ends having receptacle means; and wherein said cart further has a pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; said U-shaped extension members being mountably and alternately de-mountably received in said receptacle means of said forward and rearward ends of said horizontal support members; said U-shaped extension members comprising respective load supporting extensions extending forwardly and rearwardly, respectively, from said horizontal support members; and wherein said cart further has a pair of transverse axles, de-mountably mounted parallel to each other, each axle of said pair of axles extending between each respective pair of said pair of vertical struts.
- 2. The cart as in claim 1 wherein one of said pair of axles is a forward axle 606 and the other axle is a rearward axle 605; said axles having respective ends for receiving alternately attachable and detachable wheels 30; said axles being attachable and alternately detachable to said axle mounting means at said lower end of said at least one vertical strut; and wherein
said forward axle 606 and said rearward axle 605 are spaced apart by a distance smaller than the diameter of the smallest wheel 30 attached to either said forward axle 606 or said rearward axle 605; and wherein said forward axle 606 comprises a length greater than the length of said rearward axle 605, wherein the forward axle 606 is longer than the rearward axle 606 by a distance of at least twice the thickness of the thickest wheel 30 attached to either said forward axle 606 or said rearward axle 605.
- 3. The cart as in claim 1 wherein each said axle has a length equal to a corresponding length of said other axle.
- 4. The cart of claim 1, wherein said at least one downwardly extending vertical strut 20 comprises vertical length adjustment means.
- 5. The cart of claim 4 wherein said vertical length adjustment means comprises a sleeve containing a telescoping shaft; said sleeve having spring means for urging said shaft in a selectably extendable manner out of said sleeve; said sleeve having locking means for locking said telescoping shaft into a selected extended position.
- 6. The cart as in claim 1 wherein each horizontal support of said pair of horizontal supports further comprises a clamp supporting a rail therein.
- 7. The cart as in claim 6 wherein said rail comprises a pair of rails, said rails each being a stretcher rail having a stretcher fabric sheet extending between said pair of rails.
- 8. The cart as in claim 6 wherein said rail comprises a pair of rails supporting a hollow cargo bin thereon.
- 9. The device of claim 8 wherein said at least one horizontal load support comprises at least one longitudinal tubular member having an upper half; and wherein said cargo bin attachment means comprises
said cargo bin comprises half-cylindrical-shaped longitudinal mounting channels on lower walls thereof for removable engaging and securely grasping said upper half of said at least one longitudinal tubular member.
- 10. The cart of claim 1, further comprising at least one user-deployable kick stand for stabilizing said cart in a fixed position, said kick stand being pivotably attached to at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; said at least one kick stand being detachable for storage from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; and
said kick stand when deployed extending downwardly from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members for contact with the ground at a user-selected pivoted angle.
- 11. The cart of claim 10, having at least one user-deployable kick stand for stabilizing said cart in a fixed position, said kick stand being pivotably attached to at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; said at least one kick stand being detachable for storage from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; and
said kick stand when deployed extending downwardly from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members for contact with the ground at a user-selected pivoted angle.
- 12. The cart of claim 11 wherein said at least one kick stand has telescoping means and securing means for telescoping to a user selected extended length for contact with an irregular ground surface upon deployment; said securing means for releasably locking said kick stand into said user selected length.
- 13. The cart as in claim 1 wherein said vehicle movement actuators are wheels, and wherein said wheels are held by an axle.
- 14. The cart of claim 1 wherein said axles are fitted with removable snow skis.
- 15. The cart of claim 14 wherein said cart further comprises a plurality of wheels, said wheels being stored in storage means upon said cart during selected deployment of said skis.
- 16. The cart of claim 1 wherein said skis are demountably attachable directly to each said vertical strut.
- 17. The cart as in claim 1 further comprising an optional platform base supporting an object thereon.
- 18. The cart as in claim 17 wherein said platform base has attachment members slidable within channel clamps attachable to said horizontal support members.
- 19. A cart collapsible for storage and transport and expandable for use in carrying a load, comprising:
a modular load support frame that can be alternately assembled and disassembled, said modular frame being comprised of a pair of oppositely disposed horizontal parallel rigid horizontal load support members, wherein each said rigid horizontal support member having mounting means for a vertical support; said support frame further having a pair of downwardly extending vertical struts detachably secured to said pair of horizontal supports, said pair of vertical struts extending downwardly from said vertical support mounting means of said pair of horizontal supports; said at least one vertical strut having a lower end with axle mounting means at said lower end; at least one axle extending through said pair of vertical struts, and said axle having a pair of vehicle movement actuators attached at opposite sides thereto; and, a carrier, said carrier attachable to said pair of horizontal support members by at least one removable clamp, wherein when said carrier supports a load thereupon, a weight of said load causes said horizontal support members to bow, giving said cart strength of an arch and strengthening said cart in a load carrying position.
- 20. The cart as in claim 19 wherein said horizontal load support members have hollow well means therewithin for receiving an upper end of said at least one vertical strut; and further wherein
said horizontal parallel, rigid load support members have respective forward and rearward ends, said forward and rearward ends having receptacle means; and wherein said cart further has a pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; said U-shaped extension members being mountably and alternately de-mountably received in said receptacle means of said forward and rearward ends of said horizontal support members; said U-shaped extension members comprising respective load supporting extensions extending forwardly and rearwardly, respectively, from said horizontal support members.
- 21. The cart of claim 20, wherein said at least one downwardly extending vertical strut 20 comprises vertical length adjustment means 22.
- 22. The cart of claim 21 wherein said vertical length adjustment means comprises a sleeve containing a telescoping shaft; said sleeve having spring means for urging said shaft in a selectably extendable manner out of said sleeve; said sleeve having locking means for locking said telescoping shaft into a selected extended position.
- 23. The cart as in claim 19 wherein each horizontal support of said pair of horizontal supports further comprises a clamp supporting a rail therein.
- 24. The cart as in claim 23 wherein said rail comprises a pair of rails, said rails each being a stretcher rail having a stretcher fabric sheet extending between said pair of rails.
- 25. The cart as in claim 23 wherein said rail comprises a pair of rails supporting a hollow cargo bin thereon.
- 26. The device of claim 25 wherein said at least one horizontal load support comprises at least one longitudinal tubular member having an upper half; and wherein said cargo bin attachment means comprises
said cargo bin comprises half-cylindrical-shaped longitudinal mounting channels on lower walls thereof for removable engaging and securely grasping said upper half of said at least one longitudinal tubular member.
- 27. The cart of claim 19, further comprising at least one user-deployable kick stand for stabilizing said cart in a fixed position, said kick stand being pivotably attached to at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; said at least one kick stand being detachable for storage from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; and
said kick stand when deployed extending downwardly from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members for contact with the ground at a user-selected pivoted angle.
- 28. The cart of claim 27, having at least one user-deployable kick stand for stabilizing said cart in a fixed position, said kick stand being pivotably attached to at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; said at least one kick stand being detachable for storage from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members; and
said kick stand when deployed extending downwardly from said at least one of said pair of horizontal U-shaped support frame extension members for contact with the ground at a user-selected pivoted angle.
- 29. The cart of claim 28 wherein said at least one kick stand has telescoping means and securing means for telescoping to a user selected extended length for contact with an irregular ground surface upon deployment; said securing means for releasably locking said kick stand into said user selected length.
- 30. The cart as in claim 19 wherein said vehicle movement actuators are wheels, and wherein said wheels are held by an axle.
- 31. The cart of claim 19 wherein said axles are fitted with removable snow skis.
- 32. The cart of claim 19 wherein said cart further comprises a plurality of wheels, said wheels being stored in storage means upon said cart during selected deployment of said skis.
- 33. The cart of claim 32 wherein said skis are demountably attachable directly to each said vertical strut.
- 34. The cart as in claim 19 further comprising an optional platform base supporting an object thereon.
- 35. The cart as in claim 34 wherein said platform base has attachment members slidable within channel clamps attachable to said horizontal support members.
- 36. The cart of claim 19 wherein said cart is collapsible within a carry case without physical detachment of any components; and wherein said collapsibility comprises hinge means and spring means to assemble said cart for use upon opening said carry case.
said cart folding down to a disassembled storage position and said cart unfolding to an assembled position of use.
- 37. The cart of claim 36 wherein said cart includes said pair of horizontal load support members laid parallel to each other, which said horizontal support members rotate axially to move perpendicularly extending vertical struts attached thereto outward from a position within said carry bag, wherein in a storage position said vertical struts face each other's distal ends, and
wherein in a position of use 90 degrees perpendicular to said storage position, said vertical struts extend in the same plane but outward from said horizontal load support members.
- 38. The cart as in claim 37 wherein a pair of resilient rails engage said horizontal supports such that when in a position of storage said rails are biased to return to their normal position of use, when released from the storage position, thus causing said vertical struts attached to said horizontal supports to pivot upward.
- 39. The cart as in claim 38 wherein said vertical struts are attached to horizontal supports by connecting braces.
- 40. A widenable cart collapsible for storage and transport and expandable for use in carrying a load, comprising:
a modular load support frame that can be alternately assembled and disassembled, said modular frame being comprised of a pair of oppositely disposed length extendable horizontal parallel rigid horizontal load support members, wherein each said rigid horizontal support member having mounting means for a vertical support; said support frame further having a pair of downwardly extending vertical struts detachably secured to said pair of vertical supports, said pair of vertical struts extending downwardly from said vertical support mounting means of said pair of horizontal supports, said at least one vertical strut having a lower end with axle mounting means at said lower end; at least one axle extending through said pair of vertical struts, and said axle having a pair of vehicle movement actuators attached at opposite sides thereto; at least one transverse frame member connecting said horizontal parallel rigid load support members, a load bearing carrier supported by said horizontal parallel rigid load support members and said transverse frame member; and, a handle.
- 41. The widenable cart as in claim 41 wherein said horizontal parallel rigid load support members are tubular.
- 43. The widenable cart as in claim 41 wherein said vehicle movement actuators are wheels.
- 44. The widenable cart as in claim 41 wherein said vehicle actuators are skis.
- 45. The widenable cart as in claim 41 wherein said vertical struts are attachable to said horizontal parallel rigid load support members by a quick release clamp.
- 46. The widenable cart as in claim 45 wherein said load bearing carrier is further supported by a center frame member extending between a pair of said at least one transverse frame members.
- 47. The widenable cart as in claim 46 wherein said load bearing carrier is a single fabric sheet member.
- 48. The widenable cart as in claim 47 wherein said load bearing single fabric sheet member includes sewn longitudinal pockets at respective outer edges accepting said horizontal parallel rigid load support members therein.
- 50. The widenable cart as in claim 48 wherein said load bearing single fabric sheet member further includes a sewn central pocket said center frame member.
- 51. The widenable cart as in claim 48 wherein said sewn longitudinal side pockets can be flipped over respective side edges of said widenable cart.
- 52. The widenable cart as in claim 46 wherein said cart is readjustable to foreshorten the distance between said transverse members by said transverse frame members being slidable along said horizontal parallel rigid load s8upport members, said transverse frame members being secured by fasteners attachable to said horizontal parallel rigid load support members.
- 53. The widenable cart as in claim 46 wherein said load bearing carrier is at least one medical victim carrying stretcher having at least one support member for supporting said at least one stretcher upon said widenable cart.
- 54. The widenable cart as in claim 53 wherein said support member is at least one attachment extension member connected to a respective rail of said stretcher, said attachment extension member attaching said stretcher to said at least one transverse frame member of said cart.
- 55. The widenable cart as in claim 43 wherein said at least one stretcher is a plurality of stretchers supported upon said widenable caret.
- 56. The widenable cart as in claim 45 wherein said quick release clamp comprises a top clamping member having at least one slot permitting said clamp to slide from a locking position to an unlocked position, thereby releasing one of said horizontal parallel rigid support members from a lower clamping member attachable to one of said vertical struts supporting said wheel assembly, said quick release clamp having a compressible spring surrounding a locking shaft concentric, said locking shaft being threaded downward by turning of a locking handle,
wherein when said locking handle has been turned, said spring pushes up on said top clamping member, releasing said at least one horizontal parallel rigid load support member from said quick release clamp.
- 57. The widenable cart as in claim 40 wherein said handle is attachable to each said horizontal parallel load support members by a clamp having a split clamp body permitting selective grasping and release of each said respective horizontal parallel load support member and said handle within said clamp in accordance with applied clamping force from a screw as applied through manual turning of a handle knob.
- 58. The widenable cart as in claim 57 further comprising an insert member being provided within a hollow interior of said horizontal parallel load support member preventing collapse of said handle.
- 59. A portable operating room table/gurney comprising
a modular load support frame that can be alternately assembled and disassembled, said modular frame being comprised of a pair of oppositely disposed length extendable horizontal parallel rigid horizontal load support members, wherein each said rigid horizontal support member having mounting means for a vertical support; said support frame further having a pair of downwardly extending vertical struts detachably secured to said pair of vertical supports, said pair of vertical struts extending downwardly from said vertical support mounting means of said pair of horizontal supports, said at least one vertical strut having a lower end with axle mounting means at said lower end; at least one axle extending through said pair of vertical struts, and said axle having a pair of vehicle movement actuators attached at opposite sides thereto; at least one transverse frame member connecting said horizontal parallel rigid load support members, a load bearing carrier supported by said horizontal parallel rigid load support members and said transverse frame member; and, at least one overhead support frames having at least one overhead rails supporting at least one medical accessory thereon.
- 60. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 further comprising a movable trolley slidable along said at least one overhead rail.
- 61. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 wherein said vehicle actuator is at least one wheel.
- 62. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 wherein said vehicle actuator is at least one ski.
- 63. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 further comprising a flexible fluid capture collection sling draped below said pair of horizontal parallel rigid load support members.
- 64. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 63 wherein said flexible fluid capture collection sling communicates via a fluid collection conduit to a fluid collection tank.
- 65. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 further comprising at least one adjustable side clamp supporting said medical accessory.
- 66. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 65 wherein said medical accessory is a side rest.
- 67. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 65 wherein said medical accessory is a surgical instrument table.
- 68. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 65 wherein said medical accessory is an overhead accessory attachable to said at least one overhead rail.
- 69. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 65 wherein said medical accessory is an overhead accessory attachable to said trolley.
- 70. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 wherein said medical accessory is a light.
- 71. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 61 further comprising a wheel brake having a brake frame rigidly attached to a respective vertical strut of Sid vertical struts, said brake frame having an upper pivot frame working in conjunction with a handle/link, a curved spring link, and a plunger shaft forming an over-center brake over said wheel, said brake being changeable between respective clamped and an unclamped stable states, wherein when said handle/link is pushed down into a snap-locked position, a pushing tip is pushed into contact with said tire of said wheel thereby contacting a top surface thereof and deforming said tire to prevent said wheel from rotating,
wherein in a brake-off position said handle/link is lifted past a center position, thereby lifting said tip out of contact with said tire of said wheel.
- 72. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 wherein said medical accessory is longitudinally movable along a respective horizontal parallel rigid load support member and locked in place by a clamp having a turning knob impinging an end of a screw against said respective horizontal rigid load support member.
- 73. The portable operating room table/gurney as in claim 59 wherein said medical accessory is longitudinally movable along said at least one overhead rail by a clamp having a main body with a groove, an outer clamp member with a lip and a screw having a knob, wherein in operation, said lip pivots within aid groove; said rail being grasped by respective concave surfaces of said body and an outer member tightened by said screw, wherein an insertion member of said medical accessory is inserted in said hole in an end of said body and locked in place.
- 74. The portable cart as in claim 19 wherein said vertical struts are movable along a wheel axle to respectively positions of use, thereby varying the width between said vertical supports.
- 75. The portable cart as in claim 74 wherein said horizontal supports have holes therein for insertion of carrier supporting rails in an overlapping position therein.
- 76. The portable cart as in claim 19 wherein said carrier is attached to said horizontal support members by a sliding clamp having a hollow longitudinally extending recess track accommodating therein a corresponding horizontally extending member attached to said carrier.
- 77. The portable cart as in claim 19 wherein said at least one axle comprises a pair of axles.
- 78. The portable cart as in claim 77 wherein said pair of axles are staggered wherein one of said axles is wider than said other axle, and wherein said wheels are staggered relationship to each other.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application in part disclosed and claims subject matter disclosed in my earlier filed provisional patent applications, Serial No. 60/233,138 filed Sept. 18, 2000 and No. 60/246,014 filed Nov. 6, 2000 which both disclose in part subject matter disclosed in my earlier filed patent applications filed under Ser. No. 09/226,838 filed Jan. 7, 1999, Ser. No. 09/479,344 filed Jan. 7, 2000 and Ser. No. 09/745,116 filed Dec. 21, 2000.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60233138 |
Sep 2000 |
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60246014 |
Nov 2000 |
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