Patent ID: 8262108
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A stable stand or cart for a gas cylinder, said stand or cart comprising: a T-shaped base assembly including a forwardly extending base member and a lower rear cross-member and said T-shaped base assembly having three outer portions, an upper surface and a lower surface; three casters with one of said casters fixed to said lower surface of each of said three outer portions of said T-shaped based assembly; an upwardly extending frame including a pair of upwardly extending spaced apart generally parallel telescoping tubes fixed to said lower rear cross-member of said T-shaped base assembly and an upper cross frame member having two outer extensions and said upper cross member fixing an upper end of said telescoping tube in a spaced generally parallel relationship and extending outwardly therefrom, and wherein said upper cross frame member is generally parallel with said lower rear cross member and includes two outwardly extending portions that extend outwardly from said upwardly extending telescoping tubes; an upper and a lower C-shaped support member for supporting side portions and a back of a gas cylinder or cylinders fixed to said upwardly extending frame with said upper C-shaped support member fixed to an upper portion of said upwardly extending frame and said lower C-shaped support member fixed to a lower portion of said frame; means for fixing said telescoping tubes at a pre-selected height to thereby space said C-shaped support members at a pre-selected distance; an extension element extending upwardly above said upper C-shaped support member and fixed to said upwardly extending frame for moving said stand or cart and/or positioning said stand or cart at a pre-selected location; and a first flexible belt and four guide members with one of said guide members at each outer extension of said upper cross frame member and one at each outer portion of said lower rear cross-member and a central positioning member and a flexible belt extending through said four guide members and said central positioning member to connect four guide members and said central positioning member, and a second separate belt extending forwardly around a gas cylinder and means for fastening said second separate belt to hold the gas cylinder in place against said C-shaped support members.