Patent ID: 9073201
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A47B,B25H

Abstract:
1. An under hood service tray, comprising: a base having a plurality of castors to render the base mobile on a surface onto which the base is located; a vertical member comprising a lower end attached to the base and an upper end with an aperture formed therethrough, the vertical member extending from the base in a vertical direction so that the upper end is distal from the base, wherein the vertical member is adjustable in the vertical direction from a low height position to a high height position; and a tray comprising an upper surface, an opposing bottom and a tray bracket that extends from the tray bottom with the tray bracket having a slot formed therethrough, the tray pivotally attached to the vertical member by the tray bracket being fixedly but rotatably secured by a pivot pin that extends through the upper end of the vertical member, the tray is capable of being pivoted from a position where the tray extends over the upper end of the vertical member in which a surface normal directional vector of the upper surface of the tray extends in the vertical direction to a position beside the vertical member in which the surface normal directional vector of the upper surface of the tray extends in a longitudinal direction; and a locking pin that is extendable through the slot of the tray bracket to engage the aperture in the upper end of the vertical member so as to fix the position of the tray in the position where the tray extends over the upper end of the vertical member; wherein the base has a first longitudinally extending leg and a second longitudinally extending leg that are spaced from one another in a lateral direction, wherein the base has a laterally extending leg that extends in the lateral direction and engages the first and second longitudinally extending legs; wherein the first longitudinally extending leg, the second longitudinally extending leg, and the laterally extending leg define an opening such that a second end of the base opposite a first end of the base is open; wherein the base has an end leg located on the first end of the base, wherein the first end of the base is closed, wherein the end leg has a first portion that has a component that extends in the lateral direction, and wherein the end leg has a second portion that has a component that extends in the longitudinal direction; and wherein when the tray is in the position such that the surface normal directional vector of the upper surface of the tray extends in the longitudinal direction, the tray is arranged such that the surface normal directional vector extends from the upper surface in the same direction as that of the first end of the base to the second end of the base in the longitudinal direction.