Patent ID: 6478326
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A pushcart, comprising:a front frame including two parallelly extended front braces having an integrally connected common bottom portion, said two front braces being provided at upper ends with handle grips and at said common bottom portion with wheels, and having a plurality of holding means connected therebetween for holding different articles; a rear support including a cross bar transversely located behind said two front braces, and two legs parallelly extended from two ends of said cross bar wish two wheels connected to lower ends of said legs; and said rear support being pivotally turnable about said cross bar relative to said front frame between an extended position and a collapsed position; a locating brace being fixedly mounted on a rear side of one of said two front braces to support one end of said cross bar of said rear support, such that said end of said cross bar is up and down movable within a space defined between said locating brace and said front brace on which said locating brace is mounted; and a leg position control gear being mounted on a rear side of another one of said two front braces corresponding to said locating brace for supporting the other end of said cross bar, said leg position control gear including at least a locking part, a push part, a lever, and an elastic element; said locking part being fixedly mounted, on the rear side of said another front brace and including at least a straight stem to define between said straight stem and said another front brace an open space large enough for said cross bar to move up and down within said open space; said straight stem being provided with a long through hole for said lever to pivotally mount therein, and said long through hole being communicable with said open space; said push part being covered onto a rear side of said locking part and being up and down movable relative to said locking part; and said elastic element being mounted to an inner side of said push part to normally push a lower end of said lever into said open space; whereby when said rear support is pivotally turned to said extended position with said cross bar located at a lower end of said open space, said lower end of said lever is pushed by said elastic element to firmly press against said cross bar and lock said two legs of said rear support to said extended position, and when said push part is upward pushed, said lever is pivotally turned by said push part to release said cross bar from said lower end of said lever, allowing said cross bar to move upward in said open space and said rear support to move toward said front frame into said collapsed position.