Patent ID: 9381929
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B01F,B05B,B28C,B62B

Claim Text:
1. A portable support for a hopper and mixer comprising: a hand truck, a hopper holder is supported on said hand truck via a hopper support; a tray holder is affixed to said hand truck; wherein the hopper holder is adapted to support a pneumatic hopper sprayer; wherein the hand truck includes a GFCI outlet thereon; wherein the hand truck is further defined with a frame, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a nose plate; wherein the hopper holder is further defined as a plate formed with a rectangular hole, an access channel, a first notch and a second notch; wherein the rectangular hole is located in a center of the hopper holder; wherein the rectangular hole is adapted to receive and hold the pneumatic hopper sprayer; wherein the access channel is formed in a forward edge of the hopper holder; wherein the access channel extends to the rectangular hole on the hopper holder; wherein the access channel is adapted to allow a tapered end of the pneumatic hopper sprayer to be inserted through the access channel, and into the rectangular hole; wherein the first notch is a rectangular cut out formed on a left side of the hopper holder; wherein the second notch is a rectangular cut out formed on a right side of the hopper holder; wherein the hopper support is a structural support for the hopper holder; wherein the hopper support is a rod that has a first end and a second end; wherein the first end is attached to a forward side of the frame of the hand truck; wherein the second end is attached to a bottom side of the hopper holder such that an angle between the hopper support and the frame ranges from 30 and 60 degrees; wherein the tray holder is a rectangular structure comprising a plurality of perimeter struts and one or more cross braces; wherein the tray holder is used to hold a drip pan; wherein the drip pan is adapted to catch paint/texture dripping from a mixing drill or the pneumatic hopper sprayer; wherein the plurality of perimeter struts comprise a U bar and a closing strut; wherein the one or more cross braces comprise a first cross brace and a second cross brace; wherein the U bar forms a majority of the perimeter of the tray holder; wherein the U bar is further defined with a first leg, a second leg, a curved section, a third end, and a fourth end; wherein the closing strut has a fifth end and a sixth end; wherein the tray holder is braced for torsional stability using the first cross brace and the second cross brace; wherein the first cross brace has a seventh end and an eighth end; wherein the second cross brace has a ninth end and a tenth end; wherein the fifth end of the closing strut is attached to the third end of the U bar; wherein the sixth end of the closing strut is attached to the fourth end of the U bar; wherein the seventh end of the first cross brace is attached to the first leg of the U bar; wherein the eighth end of the first cross brace is attached to the second leg of the U bar; wherein the ninth end of the second cross brace is attached to the first leg of the U bar; wherein the tenth end of the second cross brace is attached to the second leg of the U bar.