Patent ID: 11904919
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A mother cart adapted for receiving, transporting, and ejecting, a daughter cart, of the wheels-on ground-type, where the daughter cart has a daughter cart frame supported by casters attached to the daughter cart frame and configured for rolling engagement with an underlying surface during transport of the daughter cart on the underlying surface, the mother cart comprising:
a mother cart frame defining a transport direction and supported by wheels attached to the mother cart frame for rolling engagement with the underlying surface;
a coupling system attached to the mother cart frame, and adapted and oriented for operatively guiding the daughter cart in a loading direction that is substantially transverse to the transport direction into towable engagement in a towing position with the mother cart; and
a daughter cart ejector apparatus attached to the mother cart for aiding the separation of the daughter cart from the mother cart;
the daughter cart ejector apparatus having an ejector element pivotably connected to the mother cart frame and configured for pivotable movement about an axis perpendicular to the transport direction between an extended position of the ejector element whereat the ejector element operatively bears against the daughter cart frame in a manner urging the daughter cart to move away from the mother cart in an unloading direction that is substantially opposite from the loading direction, and a retracted position of the ejector element whereat the ejector element does not urge the daughter cart to move away from the mother cart in the coupling system in the unloading direction.